Rightpondia

Origin

From right("east") + pond("Atlantic Ocean") + -ia. 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 Rightpondia

Proper noun

1. (slang) The British Isles.
• 2001 November 24, Ray Heindl , "Monetary trouble in Rightpondia?", alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe, Usenet.
• 2003 October 30, tomcatpolka@yaNOSPAMhoo.com, "to Rightpondia", 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 , "Re: Glucose Tolerance Test", alt.support.diabetes.uk, Usenet,I wonder how I would go about getting something similar over here in Rightpondia.

Derived terms

• Rightpondian