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how did they come up with the name "spam" for meat in a can?who ever answer correctly first gets 10 points!!

Answer 1

Introduced in 1937, 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. However the name was originally created by George Savoy, but the credit goes to Kenneth Daigneau. George Savoy is the creator of the acronym SPAM, meaning Spiced Pork and hAM. The current official explanation is that the name is a syllabic abbreviation of "SPiced hAM", and that the originator was given a $100 prize for coming up with the name.

Other explanations of the origin of the term include the definitions "Spiced Pork And haM" and "SPare hAM". There are also some jocular definitions and parody names, such as:

"Spoiled ham"
"Synthetically produced artificial meat"
"Steam pressed amalgamated meat"
"Some parts are meat"
"Specially processed American meat"
"Someone's pigs are missing"
"Stuff posing as meat"
"Slime posing as meat"
"Specialy Processed Army Meat"
"Something Posing As Meat"
"Spare parts and animal mucus"
"meat left over from the Spanish American War"
"Salt poisoning and more"
"Squirrels possums and mice"

Answer 2

Hormel developed America's first canned ham (''Hormel Flavor-Sealed Ham'') in 1926, and eleven years later developed the first canned meat product that did not require refrigeration. It was a ''distinctive chopped pork shoulder and ham mixture'' developed by Jay C. Hormel, son of Hormel founder George A. Hormel, and marketed as ''Hormel Spiced Ham'' - not a terribly inspiring name for an innovative product fated to save lives, win wars, and balance diets of people world wide.

Hormel Spiced Ham got off to a slightly rocky start. Other meatpackers began to introduce their own canned luncheon meats, and Hormel lost its controlling share of the market. Soon, however, they came up with a cunning plan to rectify this situation - they would give Hormel's luncheon meat a truly catchy name. Toward this end, they offered $100 for a suitable appellation. The winning name was, of course, ''SPAM'', and a legend was born.

Answer 3

It's a combination of Spiced and Ham

Answer 4

It's a combination of Spiced and Ham

Answer 5

The name "SPAM" is derived from "Spiced Ham"

Answer 6

short for spiced ham

Answer 7

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