Pork
WordNet

noun


(1)   Meat from a domestic hog or pig
(2)   A legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents
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Etymology


From < , pig

Noun


pork
  1. The meat of a pig.
  2. (American political slang) Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or his/her constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole.
 
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