Definition of spam
spam 
noun
- unsolicited advertisements sent in bulk via e-mail.
- See more words with the same meaning: advertisement (related to).
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- 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.)
- See more words with the same meaning: advertisement (related to).
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
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.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- 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.
- multiple copies of an identical or nearly-identical message sent to a large number of internet discussion groups.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- 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.
- off-topic messages posted to an internet forum.
He's been posting UFO conspiracy theory spam to Usenet for years.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- 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.
- 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.
verb - ambitransitive
- to send or post "spam" as described in the noun senses.
- See more words with the same meaning: advertisement (related to).
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- 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.
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Other terms relating to 'advertisement (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: to advertise using spam and "spammy" techniques. | |
| Definitions include: a prostitute. | |
| Definitions include: a male talented in attracting females. | |
Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "too long; will read later". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I am not your lawyer". | |
| Definitions include: the amount by which a numerical amount is fudged (adjusted). | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "this is not legal advice". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "so far so good". | |
| Definitions include: a person who acts like they know everything but actually knows nothing. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "talk to the hand". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "rolling on floor laughing my ass off". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "for what it's worth". | |
| Definitions include: a computer whose security has been compromised, and is then used to perform computer misdeeds, such as sending spam or performing denial-of-service attacks. | |
| Definitions include: a joke or "joke" that contains a core of truth. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "go fuck yourself". | |
| Definitions include: said of functionality in computing, created without cost (or with very little cost) from existing functionality. | |
| Definitions include: "Oh my God." | |
| Definitions include: peeping tom. | |
Other terms relating to 'mail (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: postal mail as opposed to electronic mail. | |
| Definitions include: a mailman. | |
Other terms relating to 'to annoy, interfere, intrude': | |
| Definitions include: to annoy, pester, bother. | |
| Definitions include: to interfere with a male's attempt to talk to a prospective romantic or sexual partner. | |
| Definitions include: to aggravate someone. | |
| Definitions include: to arrive unexpectedly and uninvited, esp. to a social function such as a party or ceremony. | |
| Definitions include: to ruin a person's positive mood; "harsh (one's) mellow". | |
| Definitions include: to be very attracted to someone, so much so that one nearly sweats when one sees the object of their affection. | |
| Definitions include: to affect or bother someone. | |
| Definitions include: pestering multiple people. | |
| Definitions include: to pester or annoy. | |
| Definitions include: to interfere with a female's attempt to talk to a male or engaging him sexually. | |
| Definitions include: a friend. | |
| Definitions include: to joke around with someone. | |
| Definitions include: something hard to find. | |
| Definitions include: to reduce or destroy a person's good mood. | |
| Definitions include: an unattractive female or one with a bad reputation. | |
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Other terms relating to 'spam': | |
| Definitions include: a post to a blog that is about an article elsewhere on the web. | |
| Definitions include: a free e-mail address one uses for unimportant web signups, with the expectation that the e-mail address will receive lots of spam. | |
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