noun / verb
spam
SPAM/spæm/
Unwanted bulk or repetitive electronic content.
She selects the spam in her inbox and deletes it.
Etymology
The canned-meat name became associated with relentless repetition through a Monty Python sketch. That association underlies its use for repeated online postings and unwanted bulk messages.
In context
if you're tired of spam just clogging up your inbox I'm going to show you a simple way to filter out spam emails or even just unwanted emails in Gmail
More examples
- The discussion thread is buried under spam about cheap loans.
- Please don't spam the group with the same link.
- Someone keeps spamming our chat with random symbols.
Forms
spam · spams · spammed · spamming
spammer noun — Someone who sends unwanted bulk electronic content.
Similar words
- junk mail
- Usually unwanted advertising email; can also mean unwanted postal mail.
- unsolicited messages
- Messages not requested, but not necessarily repetitive or sent widely.