chorporation
n.— «The Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) will no longer be referred to as “chorporation”, the city’s next mayor, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya of the CPM, promised on Tuesday, moments after he was declared elected from ward 100.» —“Clean board to progress” The Telegraph June 22, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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