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Word entry · 4 letters

spam

Best crossword clue

"Unwanted messages"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈspæm/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ampsStarts with SEnds with M1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. send unwanted or junk e-mail

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • I get far too much spam.
  • I received 58 spams yesterday.
  • Stop spamming that special attack!

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