chocolate-maker

chocolate-maker
 n.— «The “chocolate-makers” summit (the term deliciously coined by US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher) he hosted left a very bitter transatlantic aftertaste. » —“Commission Impossible” by Craig Winneker Tech Central Station June 23, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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