grim-gram

/ˈɡɹɪmˌɡɹæm/

noun

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

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Meanings

noungrim-gram (plural grim-grams)

plural grim-grams

  1. UScolloquialhistoricalThe "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.

    1983, Time, volume 121, page 40
    2 more examples

    Embassy "Grim-Grams," the weekly reports on human rights abuses, documented the systematic repression of unions […]

    1991, Clifford Krauss, Inside Central America: its people, politics, and history, page 83

    By mid-1983 domestic political reaction to the "grim-gram" totals forced the administration to begin pressuring the Salvadoreans.

    2018, Tommie Sue Montgomery, Revolution In El Salvador

Origin

From grim + -gram.

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Chicago

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