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单词 corporation pop
释义

Definition of corporation pop in English:

corporation pop

noun
mass nounNorthern English informal
  • Tap water as a drink.

    just heard folk in London spend £20–30 a month on water—what's wrong with corporation pop?
    I've told my daughter to fill up her old spring water bottles with corporation pop

Origin

1950s: from corporation, in the sense ‘a local authority’, and pop, in the sense ‘a sweet fizzy drink’ (with humorous allusion to local authorities' management of the supply of water as a public utility).

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