Tricking an internet user into giving you his/her login name and password. Could also be used to get credit cardinformation. Usualy an act of a lamer on AOL.
The targeted version of phishing where hackers go after individuals as opposed to going after a large group by pretending to be a trusted corporation/company/group through some form of electroniccommunication.
"Did you hear about that CEO?"
"Yeah, I heard some hacker was spear-phishing him and he lost his emails"