2007-12-03 07:11:27 · 14 answers · asked by Gary W 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
from the tinned meat that was popular during the war
2007-12-03 07:14:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hormel Foods came up with the term SPAM to introduce the new luncheon meat ....Shoulder Pork and hAM. Today it is a common term to means useless junk emails/pop-ups.
Most people have some vague awareness that it came from at first from the spam skit by Monty Python's Flying Circus. In the sketch, a restaurant serves all its food with lots of spam, and the waitress repeats the word several times in describing how much spam is in the items. When she does this, a group of Vikings (don't ask) in the corner start a song:
"Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, lovely spam! Wonderful spam!"
Until told to shut up.
Thus the meaning of the term at least: something that keeps repeating and repeating to great annoyance.
It's the best I can do!!!! LOL!
2007-12-03 07:18:52 · answer #2 · answered by lil_sister58 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The tinned meat Spam stands for " Selected Processed Animal Meat" (1940)
2007-12-03 09:16:41 · answer #3 · answered by captbullshot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Originally called Hormel Spiced Ham, Spam was introduced in 1937.
But if you mean the kind of spam that you receive in emails, it comes from a Monty Python skit.
IT IS NOT AN ACRONYM !!!!!!
2007-12-03 07:50:01 · answer #4 · answered by dogsafire 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Spiced Pork Ain't Meat.
2007-12-03 15:13:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean SPAM, as in pointless messages on the internet, then it stands for:
Stupid Pointless Annoying Message.
If you mean the tinned meat Spam, then that comes from SPiced hAM.
2007-12-03 07:16:46 · answer #6 · answered by Shloom 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
If you are talking about the meat SPAM I think that is is SPiced hAM. If you are talking about the computer term, it actually came from the SPAM skit on Monty Python.
2007-12-03 07:20:47 · answer #7 · answered by Ace S 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
its an acronym...it stands for 'specially processed american meat'...and it was eaten during the war because it was more readily available from america which wasn't affected by rations as much etc....hope that helps...
edit...after reading some of the other answers it seems like i was wrong but i got this information from school...
2007-12-03 08:37:48 · answer #8 · answered by arsenal rule 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Spammernation spamamamamamamamamamammam from lifes lush lipsss
2007-12-03 07:16:27 · answer #9 · answered by Nadine 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I always thought it was from SPiced hAM.
2007-12-03 07:16:46 · answer #10 · answered by Knownow't 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋