Leftpondian
Origin
Apparently from the Usenet newsgroup alt.usage.english circa 1997. http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usage.english/browse_frm/thread/f0a61071e7d33b56
Full definition of Leftpondian
Adjective
Leftpondian
- (slang) From or of Leftpondia.
- 1999 December 29, Garry J. Vass
, "London Boink -> update (Leftpondian)", alt.usage.english, uk.culture.language.english, Usenet. - 2001 January 4, Mark Brader
, "Re: Twenty-six-hundred", alt.usage.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". - 2003 February 5, Harvey V
, "Re: preference preference", alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe, Usenet,Or is there perhaps some Leftpondian region where "rather" is used as an intensifier? - 2006 August 10, Dr Peter Young
, "Leftpondian circumlocution.", alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe, Usenet. - (slang) Like a Leftpondian person.
- 2000 March 12, Polgara The Sorceress
, "Re: Nouns as Verbs", alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe, Usenet,I may be *so* Leftpondian, but you love me anyway! - 2000 August 3, John Ward
, "Re: Point this friday ( 28th July)", uk.media.tv.sf.babylon5.social, Usenet,How very Leftpondian of you to refer to them thus...
Noun
Leftpondian
(plural Leftpondians)- (slang) A Leftpondian person.
- 2003 June 20, Jacqui
, "Nu Salford displaces Real Manc Re: Between X to Y", alt.usage.english, Usenet,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. - 2005 July 5, Peter Boulding
, "Attention Leftpondians: you're older than you think", alt.fan.cecil-adams, Usenet,Leftpondians are at least 24,000 years older than previously thought, according to an article in today's Independent. - 2006 August 10, Dr Peter Young
, "Leftpondian circumlocution.", alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe, Usenet,Just heard a Leftpondian, on the radio news and in relevance to airport security, refer to "specially trained canine units".