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cloud nine noun- a condition of perfect happiness, euphoria US, 1935
Probably derives as a variation of CLOUD SEVENJohnny Dollar, 1949–62, popularised the term’s usage. - Depressed and down-hearted, I took to Cloud 9. / I’m doing...(fine) / Up here. (On cloud nine) / Listen one more time. / I’m doing...(fine) / Up here. (On cloud nine) — The Tempations, Cloud Nine, 1969
- Frank is, of course, delirious way past Cloud Nine. — Stephen King, On Writing, p. 245, 2000
- [Golfer, Paul] McGinley still floating on cloud nine. — Guardian, 3 October 2002
- MDMA, the recreational drug best known as ecstasy UK
From the blissed-out state. - — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 289, 2003
- crack cocaine US
- — US Department of Justice, Street Terms, October 1994
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 281, 2003
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