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spam

1 spam /ˈspæm/ noun
1 spam
/ˈspæm/
noun
Learner's definition of SPAM
[noncount] informal
: e-mail that is not wanted : e-mail that is sent to large numbers of people and that consists mostly of advertising垃圾电邮
2 spam /ˈspæm/ verb
spams; spammed; spamming
2 spam
/ˈspæm/
verb
spams; spammed; spamming
Learner's definition of SPAM
[+ object]
: to send unwanted e-mail to (someone)向(某人)发送垃圾电邮

— spammer

noun, plural spammers [count]

Spam

Spam /ˈspæm/ trademark
Spam
/ˈspæm/
trademark
Learner's definition of SPAM
used for a type of meat that is sold in cans(斯帕姆)午餐肉
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spam

1 of 3

noun

: unsolicited usually commercial messages (such as emails, text messages, or Internet postings) sent to a large number of recipients or posted in a large number of places

spam

2 of 3

verb

spammed; spamming

transitive verb

: to send or post spam to
spammed customers with discount offers
spamming a message board

intransitive verb

: to send or post spam
The company was accused of spamming via text messages.
spammer noun

Spam

3 of 3

trademark

used for a canned meat product

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Musk first sent a letter to terminate the deal in July, alleging that Twitter violated the agreement by misrepresenting the number of spam and fake bot accounts on its platform. Rishi Iyengar, CNN, 13 Sep. 2022 Musk has repeatedly complained about the overall number of bots on Twitter but hasn't disproven Twitter's specific estimate, which is that less than 5 percent of its monetizable daily active users (mDAU) are spam or fake. Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2022 His submission, which was made public in late August, accuses Twitter of making misleading regulatory disclosures about spam and fake accounts. Sarah E. Needleman, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022 The Securities and Exchange Commission conducted a brief investigation this summer into Twitter’s methods for measuring spam bot accounts on its social media platform, ultimately taking no action against the company, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2022 However, that explanation is a lie, the complaint claims, because the mDAU metric is already designed to leave out bots and other spam accounts. Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2022 Musk has claimed that Twitter has failed to provide him enough information about the number of fake accounts on its service, but the company has estimated for the past several years that fewer than 5% of mDAU are spam or fake accounts. Randall Chase, ajc, 26 July 2022 Elon Musk is seeking to terminate a deal to buy Twitter, blaming the company for withholding information on the amount of spam and fake accounts, according to a letter from his attorney. Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 July 2022 Musk’s goal has been to independently verify Twitter’s assertion that less than 5% of the daily active users on Twitter are indeed spam and fake accounts. Michael Kan, PCMAG, 8 July 2022
Verb
Republican lawmakers and strategists drew on a March study published by researchers at North Carolina State University finding that Gmail sent 77% of right-wing candidate emails to spam in 2020, compared with 10% of left-wing candidate emails. Isaac Stanley-becker, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2022 But what Google failed to mention during the keynote was how some businesses are abusing a feature of RCS to spam Google Messages users with ads. Jacob Siegal, BGR, 18 May 2022 Other options, probably an auto-loading rocket launcher to spam in between grenade throws. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 29 May 2022 Twitter has had a history of battling fake, spam and bot accounts, some of which were previously found to spread misinformation and abuse. Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, 13 May 2022 Walking back any those efforts would unquestionably bring more hate, misinformation, propaganda, harassment, and spam back on the platform. Scott Nover, Quartz, 14 Apr. 2022 After Yang arrives amidst the rise of AI celebrities, helpers, and companions, who spam our social media platforms and are rapidly filling out metaverse worlds. Andrew R. Chow, Time, 31 Mar. 2022 The point of renaming larger groups is not only to retain and spam the already-existing community but to also appear higher in Facebook’s search and recommendations bar, which helps lend credibility to those curious about the movement. NBC News, 12 Feb. 2022 Average bad guys in DL2 are never clever enough to compel players to do more than spam the most powerful, obvious options or avoid combat altogether by either sneaking or running away. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

from a skit on the British television series Monty Python's Flying Circus in which chanting of the word Spam overrides the other dialogue

First Known Use

Noun

1990, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1994, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of spam was in 1990
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