Full record for Buck Rogers adj.

Definition = science-fictional; characteristic of hackneyed or dated science fiction
OED requirements antedating 1946
Earliest cite G. Conklin, 'The Best of Science Fiction'
Comment Fred Galvin submitted a 1950 cite from a letter from Vernon L. McCain in "Other Worlds Science Stories". Fred Galvin submitted a 1950 cite for the form "buckrogerish" from a review by Forrest J. Ackerman in "Other Worlds Science Stories". Fred Galvin submitted a 1946 cite from the introduction to Groff Conklin's "The Best of Science Fiction".
Last modified 15 July, 2009