spam

Speech parts

1. spam - Noun

2. spam - Verb

3. Spam - Proper noun

Meaning

unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)

a canned meat made largely from pork

send unwanted or junk e-mail

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

junk e-mail bacon advertising circular mail flood spit junk prosciutto direct mail junk mail Fanny Adams spammer luncheon meat Leaflets
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Antonyms

antispam suitable mail useful mail appropriate email appropriate mail desirable mail
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Hypernyms

email e-mail electronic mail netmail canned meat tinned meat

Phrases with the word

spam and eggs not spam messages messaging spam anti-spam techniques countering spam referral spam

Anagrams

samp AMPS maps

Examples

Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren't so exciting. Bill Gates

Spam will be a thing of the past in two years' time. Bill Gates

Does the e-mail say it's about 'enlargement' - that might be spam. Bill Gates

Anybody who thinks that getting a communication from a voter in your district is spam - that guy is pork. Roast pork unless he changes his point of view. Dick Morris

The absolute deterioration of the wiki concept is just a matter of time. Once spam mechanisms are developed to eat into these systems, the caretakers will be too busy to stop the public-driven deterioration. John C. Dvorak

For every good idea, expect to have five, ten, twenty wrong or useless ideas. You cannot avoid the bad ideas if you keep your imagination free. There is no spam filter for bad ideas. Martin Lewis Perl

Close letter words and terms

spalpeen spalt spalting spam account spam and eggs spam e-mail