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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: spam uncanned #97627 03/04/2003 6:14 PM Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 maahey addict maahey addict Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 NODE agrees with the Yahoo story AnnaS, albeit with a small alteration in the detail. ORIGIN 1930s: apparently from sp(iced h)am. The Internet sense apparently derives from a sketch by the British ‘Monty Python’ comedy group, set in a café in which every item on the menu includes spam Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted spam uncanned AnnaStrophic 03/04/2003 5:54 PM Re: spam uncanned maahey 03/04/2003 6:14 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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