Definitions

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  • noun A gift message, similar to a singing telegram, but delivered by a performer dressed in a gorilla suit.

Etymologies

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gorilla +‎ -gram

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Examples

  • A woman in Nottingham, England ordered a "gorillagram" sent to her 16-year-old son at school for his birthday and even enlisted the teacher to film the surprise.

    Boing Boing 2007

  • But it all went wrong when the unnamed company sent a stripper dressed as a policewoman instead of a "gorillagram"in what it called a booking error.... full article ...is that no one was suspended.

    iTunes observation shunn 2007

  • But it all went wrong when the unnamed company sent a stripper dressed as a policewoman instead of a "gorillagram"in what it called a booking error.... full article ...is that no one was suspended.

    iTunes observation shunn 2007

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