2006-08-30 11:17:46 · 5 answers · asked by Lotus 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
SPAM is an acronym - Stuff Posing As Mail. The first word did not start out as "stuff" but began with an "s" and had "t" in with it too. :)
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Will D
Enterprise AL
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2006-08-30 11:19:56 · answer #1 · answered by Will D 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I've never heard the acronym "Stuff Posing As Mail," although I do like it. I've always heard that it had something to do with the Monty Python skits regarding the processed meat product Spam. In the skits, if you are unfamiliar, there is a restaurant and Spam comes with every menu selection, whether you wanted it or not.
2006-08-30 18:24:36 · answer #2 · answered by JenV 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term spam is derived from the Monty Python SPAM sketch, set in a cafe where nearly every item on the menu includes SPAM luncheon meat. As the server recites the SPAM-filled menu, a chorus of Viking patrons drowns out all conversations with a song repeating "SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM... lovely SPAM, wonderful SPAM," hence "SPAMming" the dialogue.
2006-08-30 18:23:05 · answer #3 · answered by reason1000 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gee, I thought it was a reference to the 'mystery meat' known as spam... cause regardless of the subject or who its supposedly from, ya never know whats in it!
2006-08-30 18:24:48 · answer #4 · answered by Smuxman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
which name?
i think they make up names
2006-08-30 18:21:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋