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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A usually anonymous written communication that makes abusive or malicious statements or accusations about the recipient or another person.
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- noun idiomatic A
missive which ismalicious ,insulting , and/ordefamatory toward a person, organization, orpoint of view , especially one which isunsigned .
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