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spammable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English spam Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English spammable From spam + -able.

Meanings

1. (Internet, rare) That can be spammed; susceptible to spamming.
   • He didn't recognize the sender, but this was a very secure, non-spammable address. The subject line simply said MESSAGE.HTML. He clicked on the blue text... 2006, Eric Fullilove, Credible Threat:
   • ...such as finding people to cold-call and prospecting for spammable addresses. 2000, Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R Hein, Unix System Administration Handbook:
   • This can be done in many ways, which we look at shortly. Once you know it is spammable, you just need to know exploit ^([sic]) the system. 2003, Robert Shimonski, Building DMZs for Enterprise Networks:
   • But now software vulnerabilities — as with stolen credit-card numbers and spammable e-mail addresses — carry real financial value. 2007 January 30, Brad Stone, “A Lively Market, Legal and Not, for Software Bugs”, in New York Times:

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