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"etymology_text": "From the phrase head in the clouds.",
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"ref": "1997 June 3, Rayctate, “{REVIEW} PICK OF THE BROWN BAG: May 28, 1997”, in rec.arts.comics.misc (Usenet), message-ID <19970603030600.XAA03336@ladder02.news.aol.com>:",
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"ref": "1999, Darren Gluckman, The Weight of the World and Other Stories, Toronto, Ont.: Exile Editions, →ISBN, page 56:",
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"ref": "2002, Betsy Andrews, editor, 2002/03: Philadelphia Restaurants: […], New York, N.Y.: Zagat Survey, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 40:",
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"ref": "2007 April 23, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com, “Re: Grand Central Terminal open all night?”, in misc.transport.rail.americas (Usenet), message-ID <1177336223.537602.301600@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>:",
"text": "If I had the time and money I would counter-sue those cloud-head advocates for violating my rights of safety, harassment, and passage. Railroad stations are not homeless shelters. / The cloud-headed advocates don't even ride the trains, and their organizations are funded by rich people who don't ride either.",
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"ref": "2011, John Jeremiah Sullivan, “Michael”, in Pulphead: Essays, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 110:",
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"text": "If I had the time and money I would counter-sue those cloud-head advocates for violating my rights of safety, harassment, and passage. Railroad stations are not homeless shelters. / The cloud-headed advocates don't even ride the trains, and their organizations are funded by rich people who don't ride either.",
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