KKN
n.— «Could the kkn (korupsi, kolusi dan nepotisme) plague thrive in HDB-land after all?» —“Harry Lee, is there Corruption involved in the small arms industry?” by Andrei (andreid@sprint.ca) Usenet: soc.culture.singapore Mar. 17, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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