nastygram

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Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

nastygram (plural nastygrams)

  1. (informal) A written communication containing unpleasant material, especially one that criticizes, insults, or intimidates the recipient.
    • 1987 January 24, Steve Kerch, “Realty Terminology: Bird dogs to fat cats”, in Chicago Tribune, page 7:
      Ordinary people might find a "nasty gram" in the mail, a notice from a lender who has not received payment from a borrower.
    • 2003 May 21, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary[1], archived from the original on 7 December 2023:
      "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."
    • 2008 June 16, Nate Anderson, “Cash, not idealism, behind ISP embrace of music biz”, in Ars Technica, retrieved 10 February 2009:
      Virgin Media, one of the UK's largest ISPs, has agreed to forward British music industry nastygrams to subscribers suspected of illegal file-swapping.

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  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989, rev. 2003.