Cloudcuckoolander

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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 the band's resident Cloudcuckoolander."

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"...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 the band's resident Cloudcuckoolander."

Etymology

From cloudcuckooland + -er. Coined by TV Tropes in 2007.

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