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spam | spa |

As a proper noun spam

is tinned meat made mainly from ham by hormel foods corporation.

spam

English

Noun

  • (uncountable, computing, Internet) A collection of unsolicited bulk electronic messages.
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    • , date=2013-05-25, volume=407, issue=8837, page=74, magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%. That means about $165 billion was spent not on drumming up business, but on annoying people, creating landfill and cluttering spam filters.}}
  • (uncountable, computing, Internet) Any undesired electronic content automatically generated for commercial purposes.
  • (countable, rare, computing, Internet) An unsolicited electronic message sent in bulk, usually by email or newsgroups.
  • (tinned meat product)

    • Hyponyms

    (Hyponyms of spam) * * * * * (hyp-mid) * * * * (hyp-bottom)

    Derived terms

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    Meronyms

    * e-mail, email

    Verb

    (spamm)
  • (intransitive, computing, Internet) To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages.)
  • (transitive, computing, Internet) To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages) to a person or entity.
  • (transitive, by extension, video games) To relentlessly attack an enemy with (a spell or ability).
    • Stop spamming that special attack!
  • (transitive, intransitive, computing, Internet) To post the same text repeatedly with disruptive effect; to flood.

    • See also

    * * Official SPAM home page

    Anagrams

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    Usage notes

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    spa

    English

    (wikipedia spa)

    Etymology 1

    The term is derived from the name of the Belgian town of , where since medieval times illnesses caused by iron deficiency were treated by drinking chalybeate (iron bearing) spring water. In 16th century England the old Roman ideas of medicinal bathing were revived at towns like Bath, and in 1571 William Slingsby who had been to the Belgian town (which he called Spaw'') discovered a chalybeate spring in Yorkshire. He built an enclosed well at what became known as Harrogate, the first resort in England for drinking medicinal waters, then in 1596 Dr. Timothy Bright called the resort ''The English Spaw'', beginning the use of the word ''Spa'' as a generic description rather than as the place name of the Belgian town. At first this term referred specifically to resorts for water drinking rather than bathing, but this distinction was gradually lost and many ''spas offer external remedies. There are various stories about the origin of the name. A Belgian spring of iron bearing water was called Espa'' from the (etyl) term for "fountain", and was used in 1326 as a cure by an iron master with such success that he founded a health resort that developed into the town. It has also been suggested that the term ''Espa may be derived from the name of the resort, and that its source could be the (etyl) word spargere meaning "to scatter, sprinkle or moisten".

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A health resort near a mineral spring or hot spring.
  • A trendy or fashionable resort.
  • A health club.
    • Synonyms
    * health club * resort

    See also

    * caldarium * pump room

    Etymology 2

    Shortened form of spastic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Ireland, slang) A clumsy person (see spastic)
  • (Ireland, slang) An idiot
  • (Ireland, slang) A gobshite

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