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space opera

noun

a formulaic work of science fiction.
Last edited on Dec 04 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 04 2010.

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space out

verb - intransitive

to lose one's concentration.
Stop spacing out and work on your homework.

Last edited on Sep 03 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 14 2009.
to forget to do something.
I was supposed to pick him up at the airport but I spaced out.
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Last edited on Sep 03 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 03 2010.

notes

Often shortened to "space".
Last edited on Sep 03 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 03 2010.

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space queen

noun

a female who is inattentive or forgetful: "spaced-out." Also space king.
- See more words with the same meaning: absent minded, forgetful, confused.
- See more words with the same meaning: woman, women, female.
Last edited on Oct 15 1997. Submitted by PJ Spalding from Denver, CO, USA on Oct 15 1997.

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spacey

unfilled, unexplained, left out.
That book had a lot of spacey parts in it.

Last edited on Nov 27 1998. Submitted by addi t. from San Francisco, CA, USA on Nov 27 1998.

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spade

verb - transitive

to flirt with a person.
Go away. I'm spading John.
- See more words with the same meaning: to flirt, fraternize, mingle.
Last edited on Jul 26 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 06 2012.

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spaf

it literally means anything.
I feel so spaf today.
I miss my spaf.
You're such a spaf.
Go spaf yourself.
Spaf:- ejaculate, jism, cum. to ejaculate, cum etc.
She was gorgeous and he spaffed in his pants.

Last edited on Oct 15 2015. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 11 2009.

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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.
- See more words with the same meaning: advertisement (related to).
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- See more words with the same meaning: mail (related to).
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.