land up over

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English

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Etymology

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Formed by analogy with land down under.

Noun

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land up over (plural lands up over)

  1. (informal) The United States, Canada, or another Northern Hemisphere country, from the perspective of Australia and New Zealand.
    • 2000, Ken Ewell, No Worries, Mate: A Manly Adventure in the Land Down Under, Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 7:
      Once the departure preparations for Australia were ironed out, I spent my last evening in the land up over at the San Francisco Brewing Company, located at 155 Columbus Avenue.
    • 2000 September 23, Dale Butcher, “Re: K6-2+/500 benefits over K6-3??”, in alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.fic[1] (Usenet):
      If the K6-3+ 450 has surfaced in Australia, then come on Australia, there is lots of money here in the land up over.
    • 2001 April 26, Android Cat, “Re: Religion outlawed in Australia”, in alt.religion.scientology[2] (Usenet):
      In any event, it doesn't affect me because I come from the land up over eh! (Apologies to our Finnish and other northern-type friends. You come from the land *way* up over!)
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:land up over.