latrinogramn.
/ləˈtriːnəʊɡram/ Services' slang.
= latrine rumour at latrine n. Compounds 1.
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping > rumour > a piece of rumour
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1944 J. H. Fullarton Troop Target ii. 18 Anyway there's no dinkum oil. Only latrinograms..it may be all hooey.
1946 U. Krige Way Out x. 121 We had heard too many ‘latrinograms’ now to be unduly impressed by the particular form of bush-telegraph..practised by the Italian peasants.
1947 D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 203 According to current latrino-gram we were going to be given a rest.
1966 Sunday Times 4 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 73/2 GI Jargon. Latrinogram, latrine rumour.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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