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单词 niggergram
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niggergramn.

Brit. /ˈnɪɡəɡram/, U.S. /ˈnɪɡərˌɡræm/, Caribbean English /ˈnɪɡaɡram/
Forms: also with capital initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nigger n., -gram comb. form.
Etymology: < nigger n. + -gram comb. form, after telegram n.
Caribbean (chiefly Trinidad) slang (depreciative, frequently humorous).
A piece of (frequently scandalous) information spread by word of mouth; a rumour, a piece of gossip.Likely to be considered offensive outside Caribbean usage.
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1957 V. S. Naipaul Mystic Masseur viii. 149 The Niggergram said that it had more than a hundred windows and that if the Governor got to hear, there was going to be trouble.
1957 S. Selvon Ways of Sunlight ii. 177 I got a niggergram she was in Piccadilly the other night with a English fellow.
1993 TnT Mirror (Trinidad & Tobago) 19 Sept. 4 She again, according to ‘niggergram’ left home 27 times in the 16 or so years they lived together.
2007 www.reggaesoundsplash.com 3 May (O.E.D. Archive) Hey hey read back that—i said the niggergram in trinidad say he on drugs.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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