PIG

PIG
 n.β€” Β«Americans too have a name for us: PIGS which is Poor Indian Graduates. It is not easy being an immigrant in an alien land.Β» β€”β€œβ€˜Every person has the freedom to express’” by Pragya Paramita in Kolkata Indian Express (New Delhi, India) Sept. 10, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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