Gramogram
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A gramogram, grammagram, or letteral word is a letter or group of letters which can be pronounced to form one or more words, as in "CU" for "see you". They are a subset of rebuses, and are commonly us
Instant-messaging app ICQ is a gramogram for "I seek you".
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A rebus is a puzzle device that combines the use of illustrated pictures with individual letters to depict words or phrases. For example, the word "been" might be depicted by a rebus showing an illust
Gramogram
…or letteral word is a letter or group of letters which can be pronounced to form one or more words, as in "CU" for "see you". They are a subset of rebuses, and are commonly used as abbreviations. They are sometimes used as a component of cryptic crossword clues…
A rebus-style "escort card" from around 1865, to be read as "May I see you home my dear?"
A German rebus, circa 1620
Ramesses II as child: Hieroglyphs: Ra-mes-su
A bottle of Yamato Shizuku (やまと しずく; Japan droplet) sake (name spelt out at top right), with a rebus ∧ト💧︎ which is read as yama (山; mountain) (symbolized by the ∧) + to (ト; katakana character for to) + shizuku (雫; droplet) (symbolized by the 💧︎)