Spam spam spam spam oh wonderful spam!

Ioo · Nov 18, 2001

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spam (spm)
n.
Unsolicited e-mail, often of a commercial nature, sent indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups; junk e-mail.

tr.v. spammed, spamÃ‚Â·ming, spams
To send unsolicited e-mail to.
To send (a message) indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups.

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[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).]

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Pronunciation Key

Source: The American HeritageÃ‚Â® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright Ã‚Â© 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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Spam (spm)

A trademark used for a canned meat product consisting primarily of chopped pork pressed into a loaf.

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Pronunciation Key

Source: The American HeritageÃ‚Â® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright Ã‚Â© 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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spam n : (trademark) a tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork [syn: Spam]

Source: WordNet Ã‚Â® 1.6, Ã‚Â© 1997 Princeton University

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spam

1. <messaging> (From Hormel's Spiced Ham, via the Monty Python "Spam" song) To post irrelevant or inappropriate messages to one or more Usenet newsgroups, mailing lists, or other messaging system in deliberate or accidental violation of netiquette.

It is possible to spam a newsgroup with one well- (or ill-) planned message, e.g. asking "What do you think of abortion?" on soc.women. This can be done by cross-posting, e.g. any message which is crossposted to alt.rush-limbaugh and alt.politics.homosexuality will almost inevitably spam both groups. (Compare troll and flame bait).

Posting a message to a significant proportion of all newsgroups is a sure way to spam Usenet and become an object of almost universal hatred. Canter and Siegel spammed the net with their Green card post.

If you see an article which you think is a deliberate spam, DO NOT post a follow-up - doing so will only contribute to the general annoyance. Send a polite message to the poster by private e-mail and CC it to "postmaster" at the same address. Bear in mind that the posting's origin might have been forged or the apparent sender's account might have been used by someone else without his permission.

The word was coined as the winning entry in a 1937 competition to choose a name for Hormel Foods Corporation's "spiced meat" (now officially known as "SPAM luncheon meat"). Correspondant Bob White claims the modern use of the term predates Monty Python by at least ten years. He cites an editor for the Dallas Times Herald describing Public Relations as "throwing a can of spam into an electric fan just to see if any of it would stick to the unwary passersby."

Usenet newsgroup: news:news.admin.net-abuse.

See also netiquette.

2. (A narrowing of sense 1, above) To indiscrimately send large amounts of unsolicited e-mail meant to promote a product or service. Spam in this sense is sort of like the electronic equivalent of junk mail sent to "Occupant".

In the 1990s, with the rise in commercial awareness of the net, there are actually scumbags who offer spamming as a "service" to companies wishing to advertise on the net. They do this by mailing to collections of e-mail addresses, Usenet news, or mailing lists. Such practises have caused outrage and aggressive reaction by many net users against the individuals concerned.

3. (Apparently a generalisation of sense 2, above) To abuse any network service or tool by for promotional purposes.

"AltaVista is an index, not a promotional tool. Attempts to fill it with promotional material lower the value of the index for everyone. [...] We will disallow URL submissions from those who spam the index. In extreme cases, we will exclude all their pages from the index." -- Altavista.

4. <jargon, programming> To crash a program by overrunning a fixed-size buffer with excessively large input data.

See also buffer overflow, overrun screw, smash the stack.

5. <chat, games> (A narrowing of sense 1, above) To flood any chat forum or Internet game with purposefully annoying text or macros. Compare Scrolling.

(2001-05-17)

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, Ã‚Â© 1993-2001 Denis Howe

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spam vt.,vi.,n. [from "Monty Python's Flying Circus"] 1. To crash a program by overrunning a fixed-size buffer with excessively large input data. See also buffer overflow, overrun screw, smash the stack. 2. To cause a newsgroup to be flooded with irrelevant or inappropriate messages. You can spam a newsgroup with as little as one well- (or ill-) planned message (e.g. asking "What do you think of abortion?" on soc.women). This is often done with cross-posting (e.g. any message which is crossposted to alt.rush-limbaugh and alt.politics.homosexuality will almost inevitably spam both groups). This overlaps with troll behavior; the latter more specific term has become more common. 3. To send many identical or nearly-identical messages separately to a large number of Usenet newsgroups. This is more specifically called `ECP', Excessive Cross-Posting. This is one sure way to infuriate nearly everyone on the Net. See also velveeta and jello. 4. To bombard a newsgroup with multiple copies of a message. This is more specifically called `EMP', Excessive Multi-Posting. 5. To mass-mail unrequested identical or nearly-identical email messages, particularly those containing advertising. Especially used when the mail addresses have been culled from network traffic or databases without the consent of the recipients. Synonyms include UCE, UBE. 6. Any large, annoying, quantity of output. For instance, someone on IRC who walks away from their screen and comes back to find 200 lines of text might say "Oh no, spam".

The later definitions have become much more prevalent as the Internet has opened up to non-techies, and to most people senses 3 4 and 5 are now primary. All three behaviors are considered abuse of the net, and are almost universally grounds for termination of the originator's email account or network connection. In these senses the term `spam' has gone mainstream, though without its original sense or folkloric freight - there is apparently a widespread myth among lusers that "spamming" is what happens when you dump cans of Spam into a revolving fan.
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*Dumps a dozen cans of spam into a rotating fan*

EDIT: And of course don't forget the

http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=jello

and the

http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=velveeta

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Milo · Nov 18, 2001

Jarinor · Nov 18, 2001

Spam = Spiced Ham

"Spam spam spam spam spam bacon and spam"

Ioo · Nov 18, 2001

Nice pic milo... I think I'mma buy a pet sheep

mrnobodie · Nov 18, 2001

wow

i never thought i would say this but Ioo that's the biggest one i've ever seen (in a non sexual way of course) nudge nudge wink wink say no more

Ioo · Nov 19, 2001

Snap Snap grin grin wink wink nudge nudge say no more

Jinxed · Nov 19, 2001

with each post you keep reminding other forum users, how terrible your shit fever really is.

Ioo · Nov 19, 2001

Well, assuming the position of village idiot is the intent... After all being an idiot is a very important sociological place... A society can't exist without at least one idiot. So when you feel bad just look at me.

Sheriff Fatman · Nov 19, 2001

I'm nearly there; when I look at you I feel bad

friend_al_23 · Nov 20, 2001

Don't you get tired of all these?

Ioo · Nov 20, 2001

I dont. :smile:

flamethrower · Nov 20, 2001

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monkeypunch · Nov 20, 2001

thats pretty bad you know, perhaps i should actually start moderating this ol forum

anyway, lack the time, gotto go, time for a talk with someone.

mrnobodie · Nov 21, 2001

bad? nah, that's spam!!!

Ioo · Nov 21, 2001

If you would actually TYPE it instead copying, that would be something.

Feldon Kane · Nov 23, 2001

"I don't like Spam!!!"
uke:

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