Word

Description

Spam

unsolicited commercial offers sent via email or posted to an online public
forum such as a news group or message board. Spam is electronic junkmail
sent usually to a large mailing list. It is widely considered a nuisance because
spam consumes both time and considerable bandwidth. However, some feel
that the campaign against commercial mass emailing is overblown considering
the ease with which a recipient can dispose of the message (a mouse click
is all it takes). Spam can become particularly annoying when it provides a link
to a pornographic Website that children can access. It is unclear where the
term originated, though it is thought to have come from either Monty Python’s
ditty that repeats the word spam, spam, spam... thus, the reference to duplicated
messages, or from the processed meat product produced by Hormel that
some consider unpalatable.