hate mail

noun

hate mail

noun
1

Hostile correspondence sent to an individual or group.

  • The next time I got to a town to check my emails I received this message: `Mate, stick to birds and lay off people who are locked up and less fortunate than you. You are not funny. Just pathetic.' My first ever hate mail! I was used to hearing `You're not funny, Dooley, just pathetic,' from producers and former lovers, but from a total stranger? Ouch.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 164:

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