Spam
a canned food product consisting especially of pork formed into a solid block.
Example Sentences
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When a phone call from an unidentified number turned up on Carribean Fragoza’s cell, she immediately assumed it was a spammer and didn’t pick up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
Doing so won’t have an immediate impact on your life — that spammer has already moved on — but it does give your email provider more information to try to stay ahead of them.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2022
We think it’s okay for you to report a spammer.
From The Verge ● Sep. 13, 2021
“If I was a spammer I would register every checkmark Twitter handle to sell or spam later.”
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2020
These addresses can be people who have offended or annoyed the poster, or who are included so that a spammer will spam an official, thereby causing himself trouble.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
