See Leftpondian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "1999 December 29, Garry J. Vass , \"London Boink -> update (Leftpondian)\", alt.usage.english, uk.culture.language.english, Usenet."
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"ref": "2001 January 4, Mark Brader , “Re: Twenty-six-hundred”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet):",
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"ref": "2003 February 5, Harvey V , “Re: preference preference”, in alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe (Usenet):",
"text": "Or is there perhaps some Leftpondian region where \"rather\" is used as an intensifier?",
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"ref": "2006 August 10, Dr Peter Young , “Leftpondian circumlocution.”, in alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe (Usenet):",
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"ref": "2000 August 3, John Ward , “Re: Point this friday ( 28th July)”, in uk.media.tv.sf.babylon5.social (Usenet):",
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