Rightpondia

English

Etymology

From right (“east”) +‎ pond (“Atlantic Ocean”) +‎ -ia. Apparently from the Usenet newsgroup alt.usage.english circa 1997. [1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Rightpondia

1. (slang) The British Isles.
   • 2001 November 24, Ray Heindl <rheindl@nccw.net>, “Monetary trouble in Rightpondia?”, in alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe (Usenet):
   • 2003 October 30, tomcatpolka@yaNOSPAMhoo.com, “to Rightpondia”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet):

     One difference between Rightpondia and Leftpondia is that Arpudlians go 'to hospital' and Elpudlians go 'to the hospital'.

   • 2003 December 14, Maggie Davey <bassett_green@hotmail.com>, “Re: Glucose Tolerance Test”, in alt.support.diabetes.uk (Usenet):

     I wonder how I would go about getting something similar over here in Rightpondia.

Derived terms

• Rightpondian

See also

• Leftpondia