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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.

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.

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 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

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  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

verb

• to masturbate. Applies only to male masturbation.

  My roommate is constantly spanking the monkey.

  Was you spanking the monkey?

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  Last edited on Apr 29 2013. Submitted by Angel from Los Angeles, CA, USA on Jun 13 1997.

• to do waste time.

  Blair spent most of the evening just spankin' the monkey.

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  Last edited on Mar 22 2002. Submitted by Jack C. from Othello, WA, USA on Mar 22 2002.

notes

• Also spank (one's) monkey.

  Last edited on Jun 26 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 26 2009.

noun

• "specification".

  Have we received the spec from the client yet?

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  Last edited on May 02 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

verb - transitive

• to write a spec (specification.)

  Over the next week I'm going to spec out the new UI framework.

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  Last edited on Aug 23 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

noun

• an area, such as a particular street, where prostitutes solicit customers.

  I saw your mom on the stroll last night.

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  Last edited on Jun 12 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 12 2011.