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