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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
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Never once heard this phrase. 35/m/US
62 years, never once heard those words in that order…
“Cloud cuckoo land” is not a phrase
TIL the phrase “stupid fucking post” goes back a long time, but is especially accurate here.
*”ΝΕΦΕΛΟΚΟΚΚΥΓΙΑ”* **”ΝΕΦΕΛΟ(“cloud”)ΚΟΚΚΥΓ(“cuckoo”)ΙΑ(usual suffix for countries)”**