Definition of spam
spam 
noun
- unsolicited advertisements sent in bulk via e-mail.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: mail (related to).
Originally submitted by Jeff Mustin from Bentonville, AR, USA on Jan 19 1997. (Edit this definition.)
- 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.
Originally submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009. (Edit this definition.)
- 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.
Originally submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009. (Edit this definition.)
- 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.
Originally submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009. (Edit this definition.)
- 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.
Originally submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009. (Edit this definition.)
- multiple copies of a message sent to a discussion forum.
Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 11 2011. (Edit this definition.)
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.
Originally submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009. (Edit this definition.)
origin
- From a Monty Python sketch about Spam. Some Vikings are singing a song about Spam so loudly that no one else can communicate.
Originally submitted by Emily M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Jan 22 1999. (Edit this definition.)
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Slang terms with the same root words
- spam
- blog-spam - a post to a blog that is about an article elsewhere on the web.
- spam account - a free e-mail address one uses for unimportant web signups, with the expectation that the e-mail address will receive lots of spam.
Slang terms with the same meaning
- computer slang
- 'puter - Definitions include: "computer."
- 0 day - Definitions include: commercial software available for piracy on the same day it is released to the public.
- 1337 - Definitions include: elite; COOL.
- 133t - Definitions include: "elite."
- 143 - Definitions include: "I love you".
- 1432 - Definitions include: "I love you too".
- 31337 - Definitions include: computer speak for "elite."
- 404 - Definitions include: missing or misplaced.
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- to annoy, interfere, intrude
- 3rd wheel - Definitions include: See third wheel.
- ag - Definitions include: also a diminutive form of aggro.
- beat a dead horse - Definitions include: to bring up a subject that was resolved (or should have been resolved) long ago.
- bug - Definitions include: an undesired aspect of something that causes it to exhibit an unwanted response in a particular situation.
- bugaboo - Definitions include: an annoying person, especially one making unwanted sexual advances.
- cock block - Definitions include: See also pussy block.
- crash - Definitions include: a failure of software or an electronic device.
- dog - Definitions include: see also dogs.
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- advertisement (related to)
- mail (related to)
- postie - Definitions include: a mailman.
- snail mail - Definitions include: "Snail mail" gets its name because it is slower than e-mail, and snails are slow creatures.
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