Corpse
n.— «The CBC a.k.a. The Corpse (oops, I meant Corp) is an excellent window to the national psyche and does have some great programming.» —“Poking pieces of The Corpse” by Ilana Mercer North Shore News (North Vancouver, B.C., Can.) Dec. 14, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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