"-gram" Quotes from Famous Books
... :nastygram: /nas'tee-gram/ /n./ 1. A protocol packet or item of email (the latter is also called a {letterbomb}) that takes advantage of misfeatures or security holes on the target system to do untoward things. 2. Disapproving ... — The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0
... "They are plainly no other than the Peihts, Picts, or Piks ... the Scandinavian writers generally call the Piks Peti, or Pets: one of them uses the term Petia, instead of Pictland (Saxo-Gram.); and, besides, the frith that divides Orkney from Caithness is usually denominated Petland Fiord in the Icelandic Sagas or ... — Fians, Fairies and Picts • David MacRitchie |