gorillagram

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gorillagram

(ɡəˈrɪləˌɡræm)

informal a jocular greetings message delivered to someone celebrating a birthday, engagement, etc, by a person dressed as a gorilla

[C20: from gorilla + (tele)gram]

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A few weeks ago I described preparations, complete with gorillagram, for a meeting in London.

the pensioner

In one experiment, Sainsbury's hired a gorillagram to walk up and down the aisles at a flagship store and customers failed to notice anything unusual.

SUPERMARKET SLEEPWALK; Dozy shoppers don't even notice gorilla in the aisles

A hen night turned to disaster when the bride-to-be was knocked unconscious by a gorillagram.

Bride KO'd by a gorilla

And I'm not talking about a singing gorillagram to celebrate Sauzee's third anniversary at Easter Road, though I'm sure that would be a pretty easy mistake to make.