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grim-gram

noun
/ˈɡɹɪmˌɡɹæm/

Etymology

From grim + -gram.

  1. derived from *gʰrem-✻ — “to resound, thunder, grumble, roar”
  2. inherited from *grimmaz✻
  3. inherited from *grimm✻
  4. inherited from grimm
  5. inherited from grim
  6. suffixed as grim-gram — “grim + gram”

Definitions

  1. The "Violence Week in Review" cable sent from the US embassy in El Salvador, listing the…

    The "Violence Week in Review" cable sent from the US embassy in El Salvador, listing the names of killed and missing persons.

    • She peeks into the tallies of the weekly "grim-grams" that the U.S. embassy in San Salvador sends to Washington.
    • Embassy "Grim-Grams," the weekly reports on human rights abuses, documented the systematic repression of unions […]
    • By mid-1983 domestic political reaction to the "grim-gram" totals forced the administration to begin pressuring the Salvadoreans.

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