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Spam

  [spam] noun, verb, spammed, spam⋅ming.
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1. Trademark. a canned food product consisting esp. of pork formed into a solid block.
–noun
2. (lowercase) a disruptive, esp. commercial message posted on a computer network or sent as e-mail.
–verb (used with object)
3. (lowercase) to send spam to.
–verb (used without object)
4. (lowercase) to send spam.
Origin:
(def. 1) sp(iced) + (h)am; (other defs.) 1990–95; referring to a comedy routine on Monty Python's Flying Circus, Brit. TV series
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spam   (spām)   
n.  Unsolicited e-mail, often of a commercial nature, sent indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups; junk e-mail.
tr.v.   spammed, spam·ming, spams

  1. To send unsolicited e-mail to.

  2. To send (a message) indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups.


[From Spam (probably inspired by a comedy routine on the British television series Monty Python's Flying Circus, in which the word is repeated incessantly).]
spam'mer n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Cultural Dictionary

spam

Unsolicited, undesired e-mail. Also used as a verb. Spam is the e-mail version of junk mail.

Note: The name comes from a Monty Python comedy skit about a restaurant that served only Spam.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
spam

  1. n.
    something disliked, typically, but not necessarily, food. (From the brand name of a canned meat product.) : I can't eat this “spam.” It could be spoiled.
  2. n.
    one or a series of uninvited email messages advertising money-making schemes, pornography, or sales of any kind. : If I don't recognize the sender, I assume the message is spam and I delete it.
  3. tv.
    to clutter or fill someone's email account with spam(sense 2). : Some jerk is spamming me with an advertisement for dirty pictures.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

spam 
proprietary name registered by Geo. A. Hormel & Co. in U.S., 1937; probably a conflation of spiced ham. Soon extended to other kinds of canned meat. In the sense of "Internet junk mail" it was coined by Usenet users after March 31, 1993, when Usenet administrator Richard Depew inadvertently posted the same message 200 times to a discussion group. The term had been used in online text games, and it was from the comedy routine in British TV show "Monty Python's Flying Circus" where a restaurant's menu items all devolve into spam.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

spamming
spam

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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