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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.

  • See more words with the same meaning: advertisement (related to).
  • See more words with the same meaning: to annoy, interfere, intrude.

  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.
  • See more words with the same meaning: advertisement (related to).
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  • See more words with the same meaning: to annoy, interfere, intrude.

  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.