英和和英

語源

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

発音

• IPA: /ˈnæstiˌɡɹæm/

名詞

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, 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, archived from the original on 28 May 2022, 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.

使用する際の注意点

• Now often used to refer to unpleasant messages distributed by electronic means, such as by email or internet posting.

参考

• candygram

参照

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