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I think it's a contraction of "spiced ham" or "spiced pork and ham". This was is a tinned meat product made famous during WW2 by the Americans in Europe. Food was rationed and it was welcomed at the time. When war ended more food became available and Spam got a reputation as being for poor people. Hence the term for unwanted messages and adverts.
Spam was popular in the US as well. During rationing in the US, you were only allowed so much meat in a week. You were allowed far more canned goods in your rations. Spam counted as a canned good but was meat. So you could still get meat if you liked Spam. The source is my mother who was a teenager in WW II. I've heard the story other places so it seems reliable. I think its reputation was low because nobody really understood what was in it but that's more conjecture.
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How do you spell maps backwards?
The word "maps" spelled backward is "spam" (after the canned meat product Spam).
What is the full form of SPAM?
SPAM is not an acronym. This word originated as a shortened version of "spiced ham" -- the word created by the Hormel company for its canned meat product. Because it is a composite of ingredients, it was often the butt of jokes. Monty Python famously raised it to pop culture status with a skit which portrayed Spam as ubiquitous and inescapable. Inevitably it became an adjective for that dread of the Internet -- unsolicited junk mail, First as "electronic spam" and commonly today as "spam email" or just 'spam'. Based on packaging, it seems that SPAM (all caps) should be reserved for the Hormel product and the all lowercase "spam" for junk mail.
What word is a blend of the words spice and ham?
The wartime tinned staple "SPAM" was named after SPiced hAM
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How do you spell maps backwards?
The word "maps" spelled backward is "spam" (after the canned meat product Spam).
What kind of animal does the meat spam come from?
spam meat comes from the pig
What is the adjective form of the word 'spam'?
it is gross, just like spam
What is a sentence with the word spam?
(The word Spam is a trademark for a canned "spiced ham" made by the Hormel Company. It is now used to mean useless material, usually advertising.)"He finally cleared all of the spam out of his inbox and answered his e-mail.""Marketers and juvenile posters constantly post spam to internet blogs.""He gave up trying to spam the company website after they contacted his internet provider."
Where does email spam get its name?
The name is said to come from a Monty Python skit in which the word "Spam" (referring to the tinned meat product) is repeated dozens of times. Spam email is similar in that it is repeated endlessly and annoyingly.
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What is SPAM and from which TV show did the name SPAM come from?
What is a sentence for SPAM?
There are various SPAM mails being sent nowadays. This is an example using the word spam.
How many letters are there in the word spam?
4
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