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RadBadTad t1_j6frtaj wrote

Reply to comment by DilbertHigh in TIL the term “cloud cuckoo land” goes back to the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, who used it for a utopian city of birds in his farce, the Birds by Mr_Westerfield

I've never heard anybody say "cuckoo land" either.

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Ducksaucenem t1_j6g5n9t wrote

Ya I’ve heard “cuckoo crazy” or for the most part just cuckoo. Never heard anything else.

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Something22884 t1_j6hl13b wrote

Yeah I live in the Northeast and I've heard it a few times. People say "he is off in Cuckoo Land over there"

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