council pop

council pop

Tap water that is provided by the local city government (or corporation), likened humorously to a soft drink (pop) that is free. Primarily heard in UK. Back when I was a kid, the only thing we had to drink was council pop!
See also: council, pop
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • corporation pop
  • council
  • team Xerox
  • back to the salt mines
  • (I) would if I could
  • and I don't play one on TV
  • and a partridge in a pear tree
  • will wonders never cease
  • wonders (will) never cease
  • wonders will never cease
References in periodicals archive
Only now I can wash it down with a fine ale instead of council pop."
Norton Moreover, Robson Greene (who, offscreen, I find to be an insufferable luvvie) is in his element as Geordie Keating, a world-weary DI not above waterboarding a teenage murder suspect by force feeding him a bottle of council pop.
A spokeswoman for Woolyback productions said of the programme's plot: "Money is tighter than ever in the Pennington household, and nobody is feeling the pinch more than Johnny; his favourite Dandelion and Burdock has been replaced with Council Pop (water).
Council pop, soda water or an isotonic drink are all recommended as is bouillon and maybe a sugary treat.
With a sandwich in my bag and a bottle of council pop to drink, this was an enjoyable, cheap date.
They've played Glastonbury four times and their loyal fanbase is catchily-named the Bebop Council Pop Orphanite Antisocial Brigade.
FOR pity's sake, can someone from Newcastle Council pop out to B&Q and buy a Christmas tree - perhaps a plug-in, all-ready-to-glow type to put up in the Central Station - today.
By way of explanation their fans call themselves The Bebop Council Pop Orphanite Anti-Social Brigade.