what does actually mean word SPAM?

Answer 1

The *oldest* reference (I should know, I guess!) is to the food product -- SPAM, spoofed later in the Monty Python skit. The Wikipedia entry states:

"Introduced on July 5, 1937, the name "Spam" was chosen in the 1930s when the product, whose original name—"Hormel SpicedHam"—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, an actor and the brother of a Hormel vice president. 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."

There is even a SPAM Museum!!

And this is Hormel's version of the history of the name of SPAM:

" The story of SPAM® luncheon meat began in 1936. Hormel Foods devised a recipe for a 12-ounce can of spiced ham. Jay C. Hormel was determined to find a brand name with a distinct identity that would set it apart from the competition. The company offered a $100 prize for the best name for the spiced ham product. The winner was Kenneth Daigneau, the actor brother of Hormel Vice President Ralph Daigneau. He created the new word by combining the “sp” from spiced ham with the “am” from ham."

Answer 2

Introduced on July 5, 1937, the name "Spam" was chosen in the 1930s when the product, whose original name—"Hormel SpicedHam"—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, an actor and the brother of a Hormel vice president. 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.

Many jocular backronyms have been devised, such as "Spare-Parts-Already-Minced", "Something Posing As Meat", and "Specially Processed Artificial Meat."

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. As with many other trademarks, such as Xerox or Kleenex, people often refer to similar meat products as "spam".

Answer 3

Spamming is the abuse of electronic messaging systems to send unsolicited, undesired bulk messages. While the most widely recognized form of spam is e-mail spam, the term is applied to similar abuses in other media: instant messaging spam, Usenet newsgroup spam, Web search engine spam, spam in blogs, and mobile phone messaging spam.

Spamming is economically viable because advertisers have effectively no operating costs beyond the management of their mailing lists, and it has proved difficult to hold senders accountable for their mass mailings. Because the barrier to entry is so low, spammers are numerous and the volume of unsolicited mail has become very high. The costs, such as lost productivity and fraud, are borne by the public and by Internet service providers, which add extra capacity to cope with the deluge. Spamming is widely reviled, and has been the subject of legislation in many jurisdictions.

Answer 4

Spreadable Ham
Was a subject of a Monty Python skit in which it was in everything a restaurant offered there was no avoiding it. Early Internet folk used this reference to apply to electronic info that ends up everywhere and nobody wants.

Answer 5

spam is a name used for a surtain type of canned meat that was made from odds and ends so considered junk by most people.

Answer 6

Squiggly Possems And Mean bunnies

Answer 7

Well I know on chat forums it means Short Pointless Annoying Messages

Answer 8

Squirrels, Possums, And Mice.

Answer 9

Food (noun) - spiced ham.
IT (noun) - Unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk).
IT (verb) - Send unwanted or junk e-mail.

Answer 10

SPiced hAM, as in the luncheon meat