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Leftpondian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Apparently from the Usenet newsgroup alt.usage.english circa 1997. http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usage.english/browse_frm/thread/f0a61071e7d33b56

Meanings

1. (slang) From or of Leftpondia.
   • 1999 December 29, Garry J. Vass , "London Boink -> update (Leftpondian)", alt.usage.english, uk.culture.language.english, Usenet.
   • As has been pointed out here before, Leftpondian check forms typically have a blank for the amount in words followed by "/100 dollars", to be filled in in the style "Forty-five and 37/100 dollars". 2001 January 4, Mark Brader , “Re: Twenty-six-hundred”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet):
   • Or is there perhaps some Leftpondian region where "rather" is used as an intensifier? 2003 February 5, Harvey V , “Re: preference preference”, in alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe (Usenet):
2. (slang) Like a Leftpondian person.
   • How very Leftpondian of you to refer to them thus... 2000 August 3, John Ward , “Re: Point this friday ( 28th July)”, in uk.media.tv.sf.babylon5.social (Usenet):
   • I may be *so* Leftpondian, but you love me anyway! 2000 March 12, Polgara The Sorceress , “Re: Nouns as Verbs”, in alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe (Usenet):

Forms

Leftpondian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Apparently from the Usenet newsgroup alt.usage.english circa 1997. http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usage.english/browse_frm/thread/f0a61071e7d33b56

Meanings

1. (slang) A Leftpondian person.
   • No, not particularly. That's why I offered it as an example of a large place well known to Brits but not to Leftpondians. It is very close to Manchester. 2003 June 20, Jacqui , “Nu Salford displaces Real Manc [was Re: Between X to Y]”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet):
   • Leftpondians are at least 24,000 years older than previously thought, according to an article in today's Independent. 2005 July 5, Peter Boulding , “Attention Leftpondians: you're older than you think”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet):
   • Just heard a Leftpondian, on the radio news and in relevance to airport security, refer to "specially trained canine units". 2006 August 10, Dr Peter Young , “Leftpondian circumlocution.”, in alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe (Usenet):

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Antonyms

Rightpondian