Star Trek–ian

English

Adjective

Star Trek–ian (comparative more Star Trek–ian, superlative most Star Trek–ian)

1. Alternative form of Star Trekkian.
   • 2012, Karen Brooks, Gideon Bosker, Teri Gelber, The Mighty Gastropolis: Portland: A Journey Through the Center of America’s New Food Revolution, San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 169, column 1:

     It shoots out Star Trek–ian transporter light beams, pumps thermonuclear colors, whirls up raging bubbles, sucks coffee grounds dry, and then extracts every particle of flavor to produce a $6 cup just for you.

   • 2017, Matt Taibbi, I Can’t Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street, New York, N.Y.: Spiegel & Grau, →ISBN, page 66:

     Police were guys in cars who passed through like tourists, but they were told not to violate the Star Trek–ian prime directive—Don’t interfere—even when provoked.

   • 2017, Peter Brannen, The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans and Our Quest to Understand Earth’s Past Mass Extinctions, Oneworld Publications, →ISBN:

     But the opportunity to partake in this sweeping Star Trek–ian future might depend on our behavior in just the next few decades.

   • 2018, Mark A. Altman, Edward Gross, So Say We All: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Battlestar Galactica, Tor Books, →ISBN:

     The show’s run its course; it’s never going to be the ten-year or twelve-year Star Trek–ian type of show, so let’s end it now.