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spaghetti code

noun - uncountable

code whose overall structure is difficult to understand.
I don't understand why we keep Jim on. I'm tired of trying to decipher his spaghetti code.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

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spam

noun

unsolicited advertisements sent in bulk via e-mail.
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Last edited on Jan 19 1997. Submitted by Jeff Mustin from Bentonville, AR, USA on Jan 19 1997.
advertisements posted in any inappropriate place on the internet (blog comments, discussion forums, etc.)
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Last edited on Aug 14 2009. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
any excessive quantity of communication in a medium that isn't appropriate for it. For example, sending hundreds of lines of nonsense in a chat-room.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
multiple copies of an identical or nearly-identical message sent to a large number of internet discussion groups.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
off-topic messages posted to an internet forum.
He's been posting UFO conspiracy theory spam to Usenet for years.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
multiple copies of a message sent to a discussion forum.
Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 11 2011.
any type of unwanted communication via any medium.

Citation from FCC: Nearly half the calls you receive this year will be spam, Katie Bernard, CNN, 14 February 2019 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
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Last edited on Feb 15 2019. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 15 2019.

verb - ambitransitive

to send or post "spam" as described in the noun senses.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

origin

From a Monty Python sketch about Spam. Some Vikings are singing a song about Spam so loudly that no one else can communicate.
Last edited on Jan 22 1999. Submitted by Emily M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Jan 22 1999.

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spam account

noun

a free e-mail address one uses for unimportant web signups, with the expectation that the e-mail address will receive lots of spam.
My spam account has apparently exceeded the size limit.
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Last edited on May 18 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

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spammy

adjective

of poor quality, consisting mostly of spam.
I tried to use that website, but it was just too spammy.

Last edited on Oct 30 2009. Submitted by Dylan H. from Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK on Jun 17 2003.
consisting entirely of spam.
Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 30 2009.

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spamvertize

verb - ambitransitive

to advertise using spam and "spammy" techniques.

Citation from "Watch Out For Pop-Up Spams Selling Pop-Up Spam Blockers", Information Week, David Strom, December 19 2003 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
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spange

Spare Change.
Do you have any spange?

Last edited on Jan 17 2000. Submitted by Terra B. from USA on Jan 17 2000.
to panhandle for spare change,
Hey, I need more money for cigarettes, I am going to spange 50 cents.

Last edited on Sep 29 2005. Submitted by Michelle on Sep 29 2005.

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spangled

high and no longer in control of what happens around you, and you don't mind either.
Last edited on May 18 2011. Submitted by Glen C. from Brixton, Greater London, UK on Jan 06 2006.

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Spanglish

noun - uncountable

a language which is a dialectical synthesis of the English and Spanish languages. Primarily spoken in the southwestern United States, and in the gulf and border states between the USA and Mexico. The application of this dialect is flexible and situational, as a "Spanglish" word or phrase does not exist or cannot be said completely in one language or the other.
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Last edited on Dec 07 2010. Submitted by Michael A. from Austin, TX, USA on Dec 08 2002.

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Spanish

So underground its hot; closer to hell then above ground is.
That club was steady Spanish dawg.

Last edited on May 18 2011. Submitted by Eddie G. on Jan 10 2005.

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spank

adjective

really sharp and clean looking
Did you see him, his clothes are spank.

Last edited on May 19 2003. Submitted by Mr. C. from Daejeon, South Korea on May 19 2003.

noun

pornographic material.
I just got some new spank in the mail.
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Last edited on Mar 08 2010. Submitted by C. D. from Seattle, WA, USA on Jun 17 2004.

verb

to defeat comprehensively.
The Spurs spanked the Rockets 100 to 85.
I got spanked at Monopoly last night.
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Last edited on Mar 08 2010. Submitted by Campbell from Apex, NC, USA on Feb 01 1999.
to hit or slap very hard.
He spanked the ball.

Last edited on Mar 08 2010. Submitted by Kevin H. from Cedar Rapids, IA, USA on Nov 29 2001.
to have sex.
The man spanked his wife.
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Last edited on Mar 08 2010. Submitted by Bill B. from Oklahoma City, OK, USA on Sep 06 2002.
a replacement verb.
Let me spank (play) that Nintendo.
Could you spank (give) me some water?

Last edited on Mar 08 2010. Submitted by Matthew W. on Aug 02 2006.
to admonish.
Last edited on Mar 08 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.
to masturbate.
Are you spanking again?

Last edited on Jan 20 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 20 2013.