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Mike Rollins <mjr@conan.ids.net> wrote:
>
>On 21 Nov 1995, Sean Brennan wrote:
>> controversial than some turkey hooker message. By the way what exactly 
>> does SPAM stand for?
>
>        The term "Spam" allegedly refers to the way that a certain 
>canned meat product allegedly looks, when it is thrown against a 
>wall.  This is an experiment which I have not personally conducted.  
>
>        In popular Internet usage, the term "Spam" refers to any 
>message that is cross-posted to numerous newsgroups, or one which 
>is not relevant to those newsgroups where it is posted.  It also 
>sometimes refers to any post of a commercial nature.  
>
>        As a couple of previous posts in this thread have already 
>mentioned, there is also a great song about Spam by Monty Python.  

In fact, having just finished an article on the etymology of spam in the net 
context, as best as my research has been able to determine, the Month Python Spam 
skit is the origin of the net usage of spam. Apparently, the premise was, if people 
kept doing this to USENET, all the good stuff would be gone and everywhere you 
looked there would be nothing but the horrifyingly ubiquitous...SPAM!!!!!

My one gripe was that Hormel wouldn't issue an official statement about this new use 
of the term  <sigh>

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 Chunka-chunka-chunka. 'Sadness despair anger.' Chunka-chunka-chunka.
 Bleep."

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