spam

¹spam

noun \ˈspam\

Definition of SPAM

: unsolicited usually commercial e-mail sent to a large number of addresses

Origin of SPAM

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: 1994

Other Telecommunications Terms

Ethernet, intercept

Rhymes with SPAM

bam, cam, clam, cram, dam, damn, drachm, dram, DRAM, flam, gam, gram, ham, Ham, jam, jamb, lam, lamb, ma'am, pram, ram, RAM, Sam, SAM, scam, scram, sham, slam, tam, tram, wham, yam