# corporation pop

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/corporation-pop
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

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

## Examples

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

## Origin

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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