[f. Gr. κάλω-ς cable + -GRAM.] A suggested substitute for CABLEGRAM.
1868. Lett., in Daily News, 29 Sept., 6/1. ‘Cablegram’ … is a mongrel and unsatisfactory term; instead of which, allow me to suggest one regularly and analogically formed—‘Calogram,’ from the Greek word κάλως, a cable. Ibid. (1879), 14 Oct., 6/2. I would suggest that the word ‘Calogram’ be used in place of ‘Cablegram.’
