Spamming
Use Spamming in a sentence1.
Trademark. a canned food product consisting especially of pork formed into a solid block.
noun
2.
(lowercase) disruptive messages, especially commercial messages 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.
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World English Dictionary
spam (spæm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , spams, spamming, spammed | |
| 1. | to send unsolicited electronic mail or text messages simultaneously to a number of e-mail addresses or mobile phones |
| —n | |
| 2. | unsolicited electronic mail or text messages sent in this way |
| [C20: from the repeated use of the word Spam in a popular sketch from the British television show Monty Python's Flying Circus, first broadcast in 1969] | |
| 'spammer | |
| —n | |
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Spamming
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| Spam (spæm) | |
| —n | |
| trademark a kind of tinned luncheon meat, made largely from pork | |
| spamming (ˈspæmɪŋ) | |
| —n | |
| the sending of multiple unsolicited e-mails or text messages, usually for marketing purposes | |
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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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
spam definition
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.
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Slang Dictionary
spam definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Building a list takes time and there aren't many legal, or ethical shortcuts that don't involve spamming people.
Spamming is the equivalent of boring people or mixing in business.
It has been activated only once, to perform a relatively mundane spamming operation-enough to demonstrate that it is not benign.
At the same time, spamming our students with emails from every club and organization on campus is not helpful either.
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