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English

Rightpondia

name

Meaning

  1. The British Isles.

Etymology / 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

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