Etymology

From right (“east”) +‎ pond (“Atlantic Ocean”)Category:English compound terms#RIGHTPONDIA +‎ -iaCategory:English terms suffixed with -ia (place)#RIGHTPONDIA. Apparently from the Usenet newsgroup alt.usage.english circa 1997.

Pronunciation

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  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#RIGHTPONDIA

Proper noun

RightpondiaCategory:English lemmas#RIGHTPONDIACategory:English proper nouns#RIGHTPONDIACategory:English uncountable nouns#RIGHTPONDIACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#RIGHTPONDIACategory:Pages with entries#RIGHTPONDIACategory:Pages with 1 entry#RIGHTPONDIA

1. (slangCategory:English slang#RIGHTPONDIA) 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'.

     Category:English terms with quotations#RIGHTPONDIA

   • 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.

     Category:English terms with quotations#RIGHTPONDIA

See also

• Leftpondia