1. A person who explores new frontiers of overconfidence with the enthusiasm of an astronaut but the self-awareness of a traffic
cone.**
Known for blasting off into situations no reasonable
human would attempt, powered entirely by
ego, impulse, and questionable decision-making.
2. Someone who treats everyday life like a mission control center for their own bravado — boldly going where no filter, plan, or common sense has
gone before.
3. Symbolically, a hero of chaotic energy: the friend who volunteers for things they definitely can’t do, makes declarations they can’t back up, and somehow survives anyway.
“She volunteered to lead the project without reading the
email.
Classic cockstranaut.”
“The moment he
said ‘trust me, I watched a tutorial,’ I knew the cockstranaut was about to launch.”