PRONUNCIATION:

(PAN-gram, -gruhm, PANG-) 

MEANING:

noun: A sentence that makes use of all the letters of the alphabet.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek pan- (all) + -gram (something written). Earliest documented use: 1873.

NOTES:

The most well-known pangram is: The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. Here’s a pangram that makes use of the whole alphabet in a 26-letter sentence: Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD, bags few lynx.
 What pangrams can you come up with? Share them on our website or email words@wordsmith.org.

USAGE:

"‘Whatcha working on, kid? Something new for me?’ ...
 ‘Pangram,’ Bill said with the curtness of a drill sergeant.
 ‘When zombies arrive, quickly fax Judge Pat.’”
 George Wright Padgett; Cruel Devices; Grey Gecko Press; 2014.