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spam
CEFRB1
/ˈspæm/
noun
Türkçe translations
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In plain English
- 01
noun
Unwanted messages sent to many people, usually online.
- 02
noun
Extra detailAny undesired electronic content automatically generated for commercial purposes.
Examples
The exposition “Buy Belarusian” was advertised using spam.
Another spam article hoping for click-throughs?
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 1
- Synonyms
- 1
Also pronounced
- [ˈspeəm]
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsExcessive, often unwanted and repeated online messages.
Unsolicited bulk electronic messages.
A type of tinned meat made mainly from ham.
More examples
In contextI get far too much spam.
I received 58 spams yesterday.
An Act to provide for the control of spam, which is unsolicited commercial communications sent in bulk by electronic mail or by text or multi-media messaging to mobile telephone numbers, and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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Origin
noun
The original sense (canned ham) is a proprietary name registered by Geo. A. Hormel & Co. in U.S., 1937. It is presumed to be a conflation of either "spiced ham" or "shoulder of pork and ham" but was soon extended to other kinds of canned meat. Hormel spells the trademarked name in all upper case. The use for unsolicited and unwanted email derives from a Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch. In the 1970 sketch, a group of Vikings in a restaurant repeatedly chant the word "spam". The earliest recorded real-life use for this sense occurs around 1993 which finds reference in a newsgroup post dated March 31, 1993, but the term may have been in use on "Multi-User Dungeons" (MUDs) in the 1980s.