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nastygram


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 mail, esp. from a
   net.god, pursuant to a violation of netiquette or a
   complaint about failure to correct some mail- or news-transmission
   problem.  Compare shitogram, mailbomb.  3. A status
   report from an unhappy, and probably picky, customer.  "What'd
   Corporate say in today's nastygram?"  4. [deprecated] An error
   reply by mail from a daemon; in particular, a bounce
   message.