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fax bomb en · NOUN

Etymology

From fax + bomb, compare mail bomb.

Meanings

1. A malicious act of sending faxes to someone with the intention of overwhelming the recipient's fax machine or communication, often in the form of black faxes.
   • He has been often and consistently ill-used by some people on the nets who have used this great technology to put together anti-Ellison groups, to harrass^([sic]) and chivvy him at every turn; it has led to fax bombs, abusive mail, harmful rumors, even threats of various sorts, so you can, I think, understand why his feelings are not bunny-rabbit cute toward us. 1995 August 14, strac...@genie.geis.com, “Re: Abuse of this newsgroup by”, in rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5 (Usenet):

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