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nastygram en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈnæstiˌɡɹæm/

Etymology

From nasty + -gram. Possibly a playful variation of candygram.

Meanings

1. (informal) A written communication containing unpleasant material, especially one that criticizes, insults, or intimidates the recipient.
   • "Okay, before we over-react... Ennesby, are you one hundred percent sure that General Xinchub was responsible for that bomb?" "A hundred percent? No. But I am sure that he got my nasty-gram." 2003 May 21, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2023:
   • Ordinary people might find a "nasty gram" in the mail, a notice from a lender who has not received payment from a borrower. 1987 January 24, Steve Kerch, “Realty Terminology: Bird dogs to fat cats”, in Chicago Tribune, page 7:
   • Virgin Media, one of the UK's largest ISPs, has agreed to forward British music industry nastygrams to subscribers suspected of illegal file-swapping. 2008 June 16, Nate Anderson, “Cash, not idealism, behind ISP embrace of music biz”, in Ars Technica, archived from the original on 28 May 2022, retrieved 10 Feb 2009:

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Relateds

candygram