Dictionary

spamvertise en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈspæmˌvɜː(ɹ).taɪz/ (UK)
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Etymology

Blend of spam + advertise.

Meanings

1. (Internet, intransitive, slang) To engage in spamvertising.
   • Based on your arguments you must believe that C&S should be allowed to spamvertise. 1994 May 12, Stefan Chakerian, “Re: Appropriate cancels (Was Re: `Serdar Argic': Racist remarks?...)”, in news.admin.policy (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2008:
   • I am also considering writing form pages where people can submit fake orders at the click of a mouse for sites that spamvertise to me. 2003 September 14, "Myob", “Guerilla^([sic]) spam fighting”, in alt.stop.spamming (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2008:
   • These e-mail viruses are being develoepd by spammers to spamvertise better to you. 2003 September 19, Kristen Bayes, “New Virus”, in alt.buddha.short.fat.guy (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2008:
2. (Internet, slang, transitive) To use spam to advertise.
   • the variety who thinks it's "k-rad kewL" to spamvertise AOHell's trashy little HTML hole-in-the-wall with every post. 1997 March 14, "~*Spark The Heretic", “Re: is this stuff for real?/nora peal”, in alt.fan.karl-malden.nose (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2008:
   • If I hijack your account/server and spamvertise my domain name why would the registrar care (or even know)? 2004 October 23, "SPAMJAMR", “I need everyone's help”, in news.admin.net-abuse.email (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2008:
   • I vote for #3. These guys probably also spamvertise G*e*n*e*r*i*c V*i*a*g*r*a and P*e*n*i*S P*i*l*l*S. They're scum. 2003 December 18, "Tegger®", “Re: Sludge-Maintenance manual interval changes”, in alt.autos.lexus (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2008:

Forms

Deriveds

spamvertizement · spamvertiser

Hypernyms

spam