spam
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2.8
- noun
- /spæm/
- Texting
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correo no deseado
- Please, please, please check your spam folder.
- spam emails
- a spam filter
- spam messages
My God, how much boner pill spam does Anthony Weiner get?
- My God, how much boner pill spam does Anthony Weiner get?
- In the past, we'll say that some of our e-mail going out to users was marked as spam.
- Nonetheless, I still get sent dozens of books every week by publishers who have put me on their spam mail lists.
- They're making phone calls, they're checking their spam.
Examples
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"In the past, it was hard to know all the forms that spam would take."
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OK, not only did my physical junk mail increase, but my e-mail became unnavigable through all the new spam messages.
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Well, we, we get a lot of spam e-mail.
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And we will never, ever send you any spam because spam is gross.
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Lots of e-mail accounts have spam viruses in them.
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We could use this tool to seriously cut down on comment spam on YouTube site wide.
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I think your e-mails are going to my spam.
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So it's not only annoying, it's actually dangerous for me to get these spam mails or spam calls.
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Nonetheless, I still get sent dozens of books every week by publishers who have put me on their spam mail lists.
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Most of my inbox is filled with spam that I never signed up for.
Synonyms
16
2.1
Unwanted letters and ads sent to many people
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2.5
Email sent to many people that contains unwanted ads
Large amounts of email sent at once to many people, often ads or unwanted messages
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Etymology
Spam as a noun has the same origin: the canned meat SPAM was repeated in a famous comedy sketch, and people started calling any unwanted, repeated messages 'spam'. That's why an inbox full of 'spam' means it has many unwanted messages.