It being the 30th anniversary of the first email spam, I thought I'd read about its history. Fascinating really. Did you know it's now ten years since the word first appeared in the OED with its electronic meaning?! Does that make you feel old?
History of SPAM

This page also led me to a lovely neologism - backronym/bacronym (or retronym) - Backronym

Then there is the real thing of course, which is also very amusing: Spam itself
...including this lady who must come from Jackieville, where Spam has two syllables: Spayam

Last edited by The Pook; 05/09/08 04:09 AM.