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Subject:Re: Word of the Year Contest From:geoff morris <gemorris -at- NCC1701D -dot- PSF -dot- GE -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 8 Mar 1995 02:39:07 EST
On Tue, 7 Mar 1995 Jay Cherniak wrote:
> The latest issue of Copy Editor: The National Newsletter for
> Professional Copy Editors, has a column giving the winners of the
> annual Word of the Year contest.
> ...
> Most Imaginative
> guillermo (e-mail message in a foreign language [= memo in Spanish]).
> One of the losers in this category is spamming (random and
> indiscriminate posting of articles and advertising on Internet bulletin
> boards [from image of Spam dropped into an electric fan]).
> ...
Actually, I think the term "spamming" is based on the classic Monty
Python's Flying Circus skit:
"Well there's egg and bacon; egg, sausage and
bacon; egg and spam; bacon and spam; egg, bacon,
sausage and spam; spam, bacon, sausage and spam;
spam, egg, spam, spam, bacon and spam; spam,
spam, spam, egg and spam; spam, spam, spam, spam,
spam, spam, baked beans, spam, spam, spam and
spam; or lobster thermidor aux crevettes with a
mornay sauce garnished with truffle pate', brandy
and a fried egg on top of spam."
-- Geoff Morris
gemorris -at- lwaxana -dot- psf -dot- ge -dot- com
