World Languages Lexicon
10 Language-to-English Dictionariespourriel
Pronunciation / Transliteration: poor-yel
"Il reçoit constamment du spam sur sa messagerie instantanée."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Irrelevant or unsolicited messages sent over the internet, typically to a large number of users, for the purposes of advertising, phishing, or spreading malware.
"My instant messaging inbox was flooded with spam promoting fake cryptocurrency schemes."
- 1
To send the same message indiscriminately to large numbers of online users or messaging applications.
"Users who spam the group chat with promotional links will be banned immediately."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Originally coined in 1937 as a portmanteau of 'spiced ham' for the canned meat product produced by Hormel Foods. The computing and communication sense developed in the 1980s and 1990s, inspired by a famous Monty Python sketch where the word 'Spam' is repeated ubiquitously and annoyingly.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Spam" is said worldwide
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pourriel
Transliteration: poor-yel
"Il reçoit constamment du spam sur sa messagerie instantanée."
Spam
Transliteration: spam
"Der Instant Messenger wurde mit Spam überschwemmt."
spam
Transliteration: spam
"Ho ricevuto molto spam tramite la chat."
correo no deseado
Transliteration: ko-re-o no de-se-a-do
"El servicio de mensajería instantánea filtra automáticamente el spam."
spam
Transliteration: spã
"Mensagens de spam podem conter links maliciosos."
स्पैम
Transliteration: spam
"मुझे अपने मैसेंजर पर बहुत सारे स्पैम संदेश मिले।"
垃圾信息
Transliteration: lā jī xìn xī
"即时通讯软件里有很多垃圾信息。"
스팸
Transliteration: seupam
"인스턴트 메신저로 스팸 메시지가 전송되었습니다."
スパム
Transliteration: supamu
"インスタントメッセンジャーに迷惑なスパムが届いた。"
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