| 单词 |
kissogram |
| 释义 |
kissogram|ˈkɪsəgræm|
Also Kissagram (proprietary), Kiss-a-Gram, etc.
[f. kiss n. or v. + -o- + gram4.]
A novelty telegram or greetings message sent through a commercial agency, which is delivered (usu. by a provocatively-dressed young woman) with a kiss, esp. to amuse or embarrass the recipient.
A ‘Kissogram Post Card’ (Valentine Series) was available in the 1900s. The sender could leave the imprint of a kiss on the face of the card, above a sentimental verse (‘..But it's you that I'd rather be ‘kissing’.’).
1982Standard 9 Aug. 4/1 Kissagrams. 286 9531. 1984Times 11 Aug. 3/2 A kissogram employer who parked his car illegally rather than allow his scantily-clad girls to walk too far was fined {pstlg}10 on each of nine charges. 1984Daily Tel. 30 Oct. 3/3 A sex-change Kiss-a-Gram girl stepped into the Marlborough Street dock yesterday clad in a see-through bra, black knickers, and fishnet stockings with suspender belt. 1985Sunday Express Mag. 14 Apr. 22/2 People mostly send Kissagrams to mark birthdays, anniversaries and vasectomies. |
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