The Haryana government just surprised its citizens by renaming the city of Gurgaon to "Gurugram" and Mewat as "Nuh".
And, yes, Twitter's first and obvious reaction has been to make some hysterical jokes about it.
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"Gurugram" is how Sidhu orders cocaine
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Gurgaon is now Gurugram? Congrats to all contract suppliers of stationery to Haryana Government...
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Just heard that Gurgaon has been renamed to 'Don't Come Here'.
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How would like to be called collectively, people of Gurugram? Gramvasiyon? Gurulog? Grammars? Gur naal ishq mitha oye hoye...
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Good news for ladies. Now they can step out after 8 pm in Gurgaon. (Because it doesn't exist.)
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Gurgaon ka naam Gurugram rakh lo ya aur kuch, Galleria ko toh log 'Galeriya' hi bolenge.
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Dronacharya weighed about 68 kgs. Or, you could say, 68,000 Gurugrams.
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[Matrix] How to bend a spoon? There is no spoon. [Haryana Govt] How to solve Gurgaon’s problems? There is no Gurgaon. #Gurugram
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Haryanvi singers might be in a fit right now on how to include Gurugram in their song lyrics.
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Gurgaon is the original latergram.
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Gurugram is a city and Gurgaon is an emotion.
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Can we please change the name of Haryana to 'Bachaogram'?
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So, where do you live? Nuh Where? Nuh What? Nuh Where? NUH NUH NUH NUH NUH RE NUH RE NUH RE
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Gurugram doesn't sound like a city, it sounds like an app.
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The Haryana govt is renaming Gurgaon as Gurugram, ensuring that no South Delhi person admits to visiting it in the future
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Gurugram sounds less like a city and more like a depressing Munshi Premchand novel.
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Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai & Bengaluru have just sent friend request to Gurugram today.
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Gurgaon should stop acting like an account on Twitter.
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Wake me up when Kanpur is renamed to Bakchodipur.