I. ˈspam noun
Etymology: from a skit on the British television series Monty Python's Flying Circus in which chanting of the word Spam overrides the other dialogue
Date: 1994
: unsolicited usually commercial e-mail sent to a large number of addresses
II. verb
( spammed ; spam·ming )
Date: 1994
transitive verb
: to send spam to
intransitive verb
: to send spam
• spam·mer noun