by Santa November 13, 2002
The name "Spam" was chosen in the 1930s when the product, whose original name—"Hormel Spiced Ham"—was far less memorable, began to lose market share. The name was chosen from multiple entries in a naming contest. A Hormel official once stated that the original meaning of the name Spam was "Shoulder of Pork and hAM". According to writer Marguerite Patten in Spam – The Cookbook, the name was suggested by Kenneth Daigneau, brother of the Hormel vice president and an actor.
Other explanations of the origin of the term include the acronym "Specially Processed American Meat", "Spiced Pork And haM", "Specially Processed Army Meat", and "SPAre hAM"; there are also some less-than-serious explanations, such as "Synthetically Produced Artificial Meat", "Some Parts Are Meat", "Someone's Pigs Are Missing", or "Stuff Posing As Meat". The current official explanation is the SP and AM were taken from "SPiced hAM" to win a $100 prize!
The humorous radio show Ask Dr. Science claimed it is an acronym for "Scientifically Produced Animal Matter", a product of the food synthesis experiments of the 1950s, whose "closest living relative was the Velveeta, a kind of synthetic jellyfish."
Other explanations of the origin of the term include the acronym "Specially Processed American Meat", "Spiced Pork And haM", "Specially Processed Army Meat", and "SPAre hAM"; there are also some less-than-serious explanations, such as "Synthetically Produced Artificial Meat", "Some Parts Are Meat", "Someone's Pigs Are Missing", or "Stuff Posing As Meat". The current official explanation is the SP and AM were taken from "SPiced hAM" to win a $100 prize!
The humorous radio show Ask Dr. Science claimed it is an acronym for "Scientifically Produced Animal Matter", a product of the food synthesis experiments of the 1950s, whose "closest living relative was the Velveeta, a kind of synthetic jellyfish."
According to Hormel's trademark guidelines, Spam should be spelled with all capital letters and treated as an adjective, as in the phrase SPAM luncheon meat. However, barring having entered into a contract requiring one to do so, no one is legally obliged to follow such trademark guidelines. As with many other trademarks, such as Lego or Kleenex, people often refer to similar meat products as "Spam".
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by HK_Freak_105 November 27, 2011
1. (Noun) Officially SPAM (TM) is the pork based meat product made by Hormel.
2. (Noun) In the 1970s the British comedy series Monty Python created a skit where a couple asked what was available from a restaurant. The waitress read off the available menu, and nearly every dish contained SPAM:
"There's SPAM and eggs; bacon, SPAM and eggs; SPAM, SPAM, and eggs... etc."
A group of Vikings sitting in the restaurant began chanting/singing: "SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM" making it hard to hear, and forcing the waitress to occasionally yell for them to shut up.
During the 80s the term SPAM was used, in reference to the Monty Python skit, to refer to newsgroup messages that were posted to multiple newsgroups. Since most of these were off-topic ads, the term eventually came to be used for unsolicited e-mail as well.
3. (Verb) To constantly repeat something over and over again. In video games this is often used to refer to using a particular skill or action multiple times in rapid succession. (e.g., to spam fireball) (adj. form: spammable)
2. (Noun) In the 1970s the British comedy series Monty Python created a skit where a couple asked what was available from a restaurant. The waitress read off the available menu, and nearly every dish contained SPAM:
"There's SPAM and eggs; bacon, SPAM and eggs; SPAM, SPAM, and eggs... etc."
A group of Vikings sitting in the restaurant began chanting/singing: "SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM" making it hard to hear, and forcing the waitress to occasionally yell for them to shut up.
During the 80s the term SPAM was used, in reference to the Monty Python skit, to refer to newsgroup messages that were posted to multiple newsgroups. Since most of these were off-topic ads, the term eventually came to be used for unsolicited e-mail as well.
3. (Verb) To constantly repeat something over and over again. In video games this is often used to refer to using a particular skill or action multiple times in rapid succession. (e.g., to spam fireball) (adj. form: spammable)
1. SPAM can be fried and eaten on a bun as a SPAM-burger.
2. There's so much SPAM in this newsgroup it's hard to follow any conversations anymore.
3. Flare is one of the first spammable skills you can learn in Guild Wars. Being able to spam a skill makes it highly useful.
2. There's so much SPAM in this newsgroup it's hard to follow any conversations anymore.
3. Flare is one of the first spammable skills you can learn in Guild Wars. Being able to spam a skill makes it highly useful.
by Jinzo17 March 13, 2006
1. Canned meat.
2. Stupid, pointless, annoying messages. Spam is often filled with pointless messages or repeatingly saying the same word, or an advertisement in something. Usually seen in forums and email.
3. Commonly used in an online game, FPS games mostly, is spamming something is using the same attack over and OVER and OVER again. No style whatsoever. Plus, it's annoying.
2. Stupid, pointless, annoying messages. Spam is often filled with pointless messages or repeatingly saying the same word, or an advertisement in something. Usually seen in forums and email.
3. Commonly used in an online game, FPS games mostly, is spamming something is using the same attack over and OVER and OVER again. No style whatsoever. Plus, it's annoying.
1. Spam is good.
2. I recommend you do not post spam, because you are prone to getting banned/suspended when that happens.
3. Spamming nades repeatingly is pretty annoying, except if you are working together. But they still hurt you. Yeah, it's pretty annoying.
2. I recommend you do not post spam, because you are prone to getting banned/suspended when that happens.
3. Spamming nades repeatingly is pretty annoying, except if you are working together. But they still hurt you. Yeah, it's pretty annoying.
by MisaTange July 06, 2009
1.A classic in Mony Python humor. Can be bought for a very cheap price.
2.E-Mails or posts on message boards that were either pointlessly made by an annoying person, or made to annoy that were made by an annoying person. Or a link to a computer virus.
2.E-Mails or posts on message boards that were either pointlessly made by an annoying person, or made to annoy that were made by an annoying person. Or a link to a computer virus.
by Unknown April 27, 2003