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corporation pop


Water, specifically drinking water supplied by a public utility company.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

I just need a glass of corporation pop.

She fills her gym bottle with fresh corporation pop every morning.

Our office kitchen always has plenty of cold corporation pop for the staff.

CONTEXTUAL

When we went hiking, we forgot our bottles and had to drink cold corporation pop from the fountain.

The restaurant charges five dollars for fancy bottles, so I always ask for a free jug of corporation pop instead.

After the long run, the athletes gathered around the outdoor sink to splash their faces and drink some corporation pop.

COMPLEX

Despite the availability of expensive bottled brands, he preferred the simple, refreshing taste of chilled corporation pop straight from the tap.


From corporation, in the sense of a local authority, and pop, a carbonated drink. The term appears in sarcastic usage to frame tap water as a beverage of the state, implying that the local council has provided a drink lacking the affluence associated with bottled varieties.


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Last updated August 10, 2026