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Spimmer vs Swimmer - What's the difference?

spimmer | swimmer |

As nouns the difference between spimmer and swimmer

is that spimmer is one who sends spim (unsolicited instant messages) while swimmer is one who swims.

spimmer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who sends spim (unsolicited instant messages).
  • * 2004 , Newsweek (volume 143, page iii)
    • Spam in e-mail isn't new. But as barriers to it have succeeded, spimmers have taken fresh aim at IM.
  • * 2004 , Larry Long, Personal Computing Demystified (page 225)
    • Most forecasters are predicting that spim will spin out of control as soon as spimmers find a way to abscond with large numbers of IM screen names, which are not as readily available as e-mail addresses.
  • * 2012 , Natarajan Meghanathan, ?Nabendu Chaki, ?Dhinaharan Nagamalai, Advances in Computer Science and Information Technology
    • Spimmers clog mobile devices by sending tones(SIC) of unwanted SMS or MMS and hence making the devices useless.

    swimmer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who swims.
  • A protuberance on the leg of a horse.
  • (chiefly, in the plural, colloquial) A sperm.