Cloudcuckoolander
Cloudcuckoolander noun: an inhabitant of cloudcuckooland, an idealist, optimist, or similarly unrealistic person, particularly (fandom slang) a fictional character with an eccentric and absent-minded personality.
Noun
Cloudcuckoolander (plural Cloudcuckoolanders)
- An inhabitant of cloudcuckooland, an idealist, optimist, or similarly unrealistic person, particularly (fandom slang) a fictional character with an eccentric and absent-minded personality.
- ...Actually, the Rev will come back in a while as the Knife Master. He's gone into the woods to train, he's secretly developing his ultimate technique of playing drums with knives and riding stallion ducks.
He also occasionally screams "WHY" at random BMWs around the street to ensure his sanity as...2016 December 29, MasalaOcelot, “To everyone who's sad about The Rev...”, in Reddit, avengedsevenfold, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2022 - I've always been intrigued by Rin and Hanako from Katawa Shoujo, mostly because Rin is strange and a Cloudcuckoolander, and Hanako because she is a Shrinking Violet, very shy and afraid of others. Lilly is special because she's a bit of a Yamato Nadeshiko - polite, feminine, gentle, kind and a...2017 October 11, Hikkikomorishoujo, “English-translated visual novels with characters like Rin, Hanako and Lilly from Katawa Shoujo?”, in Reddit, vnsuggest, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2022
- ...Actually, the Rev will come back in a while as the Knife Master. He's gone into the woods to train, he's secretly developing his ultimate technique of playing drums with knives and riding stallion ducks.
Examples of Cloudcuckoolander in a sentence
- I've always been intrigued by Rin and Hanako from Katawa Shoujo, mostly because Rin is strange and a Cloudcuckoolander, and Hanako because she is a Shrinking Violet, very shy and afraid of others.2017 October 11, Hikkikomorishoujo, “English-translated visual novels with characters like Rin, Hanako and Lilly from Katawa Shoujo?”, in...
- I mean, fanfics featuring a suicidally stupid Cloudcuckoolander main character that goes around and terrorizes local populace for shit and giggles.2021 May 19, BloodyStrawberry, “Any fanfics like FREAKIN GENSOKYO?”, in Reddit, FanFiction, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2022:
Forms of Cloudcuckoolander
| plural | Cloudcuckoolanders |
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Origin of Cloudcuckoolander
From cloudcuckooland + -er. Coined by TV Tropes in 2007.
Questions about Cloudcuckoolander
- What does Cloudcuckoolander mean?
- Cloudcuckoolander means an inhabitant of cloudcuckooland, an idealist, optimist, or similarly unrealistic person, particularly (fandom slang) a fictional character with an eccentric and absent-minded personality.
- How do you use Cloudcuckoolander in a sentence?
- I've always been intrigued by Rin and Hanako from Katawa Shoujo, mostly because Rin is strange and a Cloudcuckoolander, and Hanako because she is a Shrinking Violet, very shy and afraid of others.
- What part of speech is Cloudcuckoolander?
- Cloudcuckoolander is a noun.
- What is the plural of Cloudcuckoolander?
- The plural of Cloudcuckoolander is Cloudcuckoolanders.
Words near Cloudcuckoolander in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Cloudcuckoolander (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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