grim-gram /ˈɡɹɪmˌɡɹæm/ noun1 •(US, informal) The "Violence Week in Review" cable sent from the US embassy in El Salvador, listing the names of killed and missing persons.She peeks into the tallies of the weekly "grim-grams" that the U.S. embassy in San Salvador sends to Washington. — 1983 formsgrim-grams