Leftpondia

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From left (west) +‎ pond (Atlantic Ocean) +‎ -ia. Apparently from the Usenet newsgroup alt.usage.english circa 1997. [1]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Leftpondia

  1. (slang) English-speaking parts of The Americas.
    • 2002 June 17, Graybags <gbas@lineone.net>, “Some Thoughts On Leftpondia”, 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'.
    • 2007 August 16, K_S_ONeill@yahoo.com, “Regarding Leftpondia”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet):

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