grim-gram
noun/ˈɡɹɪmˌɡɹæm/
Etymology From grim + -gram.
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US, Colloquial, Historical 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.1983, Time, volume 121, page 40:
- 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:
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- 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: