Meanings
comparative more Leftpondian · superlative most Leftpondian
- slangFrom or of Leftpondia.
1999 December 29, Garry J. Vass , "London Boink -> update (Leftpondian)", alt.usage.english, uk.culture.language.english, Usenet.
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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) - slangLike a Leftpondian person.
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)1 more example
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)
plural Leftpondians
- slangA Leftpondian person.
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)2 more examples
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)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)
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Apparently from the Usenet newsgroup alt.usage.english circa 1997. http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usage.english/browse_frm/thread/f0a61071e7d33b56
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Leftpondian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leftpondian
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