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stripagram, n.|ˈstrɪpəgræm|
Also strip-a-gram, stripogram, strippergram.
[f. strip v. + -a- + -gram 2; cf. kissogram n.]
A novelty telegram or greetings message intended to entertain or embarrass the recipient, which is sent through a commercial agency and delivered by a person (usu. a girl) who performs a striptease on delivery.
1981N.Y. Post 12 Mar. 5/1 It's called ‘Strip-A-Gram’, the variation of the old singing telegram. 1983K. Bryson et al. Compl. Naff Guide 46 Send a girlfriend a male singing strippergram on her birthday. 1983Standard 1 Dec. 4/1 (Advt.), A Stripagram. 1985Newbury Weekly News 19 Dec. 32/2 There will be no mention of stripograms or policewomen, in any circumstances. 1990Sunday Express Mag. 26 Aug. 54/4, I wondered if she'd enjoyed being a kissagram girl. She groaned. ‘I was particularly upset when they said I was a stripagram. I was a singing telegram.’ |