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Lyran99 t1_j6fhmcg wrote

“Cloud cuckoo land” is not a phrase

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kgunnar t1_j6fj54d wrote

It is, though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_cuckoo_land

In recent popular culture it was used as the name of a place in The Lego Movie and there was a best selling book with that name a couple years back.

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KWNewyear t1_j6fnq0g wrote

I remember the phrase from being one of the levels in Banjo-Tooie, and now I'm starting to think these 30-somethings who "never heard of it" just never had any fun in their lives.

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KayWDubs t1_j6fj9r0 wrote

So that's why it sounded so familiar!

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BrokenEye3 t1_j6fmbxv wrote

I'm sure anyone who frequents TV Tropes would also recognize it instantly.

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KayWDubs t1_j6fmqtr wrote

I first heard it while watching a playthrough of The Lego Movie ages ago.

I haven't seen it on TV Tropes, though. Haven't even visited the site in a while for that matter. Now I at least know it has a page there, so I have that going on for me.

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avfc41 t1_j6fqp67 wrote

The author of the novel has won a Pulitzer, it wasn’t for cloud cuckoo land though

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Hexidian t1_j6fn465 wrote

Sounds more like an obscure literary reference that comes up occasionally

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Danhuangmao t1_j6g9xyw wrote

Nah, it come up every now and again like "cloud 9" or "timbuktu" or whatnot. Just an idiomatic expression.

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