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An open list of 155 words by bilby.

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Spam email often comes up with linguistic oddities. Here they are: pseudo-words, dopey phrases, spammer names and the like.

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  • chained_bear Bear balked at having Brit beau. :) Admittedly, he was more of a space alien than an actual Brit. Though he did introduce me to baked beans on toast, which I really (despite my own wishes) like. Jun 14, 2009

  • seanahan Apparently I can't tag this page, but I was going to tag vomit inducing. Jun 14, 2009

  • bilby Brit balked at becoming Beau Bear? Jun 13, 2009

  • Prolagus I should not have clicked on this page. Jun 12, 2009

  • yarb That strikes me as vile but it's exactly the sort of thing Brits of a certain generation ate a lot of at school. Jun 12, 2009

  • chained_bear Ex-beau of mine (a Brit) swore by his favorite comfort-food dish: cold slices of Spam covered with heated-up canned spaghetti. Jun 12, 2009

  • yarb Growing up in the UK in the 80's spam was still a pretty common ingredient in stews, hashes and the like. There's nothing wrong with it, it's no worse than your average sausage. Jun 12, 2009

  • madmouth being one of the American food rations Koreans have inexplicably fond memories of, Spam really transcends classes here. even white-collar workers who golf for a hobby will take their family out for bude jjige ("army stew", of which Spam is a principal component).

    Chuseok

    I must say I've never gotten such creative spam in my mailbox (the closest being totally legitimate bank statements with the subject line SKXXXXXXXXXX). what's remarkable about a lot of the entries here is how the word generators use genuinely meaningful-sounding English syllables; it's not letter-jumbling. Jun 12, 2009

  • bilby What's Chuseok?

    I've never consumed the official Spam product and never will so I'm not quite sure whether to fall for Monty Python's implied class slur. Regardless, I find computer-age spam generally fascinating; the generally low signal-to-noise ratio of most internet stuff tends to produce lots of odd linguistic items for me to pick over. Jun 12, 2009

  • madmouth One is moved to consider how 'spam' has moved to the highest and lowest places. Here, it stands for lowly internet garbage. At Lotte Mart, however, come Chuseok, shiny and expensive Spam Gift Packs abound. Jun 12, 2009

  • vanishedone Some more examples are here. Apr 5, 2009

  • bilby It's over! Feb 24, 2009

  • pterodactyl Got this today:

    It has been long time since we did not meet.

    Doesn't that sound like it means "let's stop seeing each other"? Feb 24, 2009

  • bilby I'm a nonsense magnet. Jan 20, 2009

  • Prolagus You still have the best spam, bilby. Jan 20, 2009

  • bilby Yes! Nov 8, 2008

  • Prolagus Yes, weekend!

    Spam. Nov 7, 2008

  • Prolagus Upsize your hotdog to a French loaf.

    Spam. Oct 6, 2008

  • bilby Pleth :-) Jul 5, 2008

  • plethora Bilby, I have to thank you for stopping my spam. I used to get tons of it, and a lot of it was hilarious. But since you started this list I have been waiting for something amusing to add but my spam-flow is almost nonexistent! Jul 1, 2008

  • Prolagus I received this one today:
    Achieve maximum sexual nirvana
    when Ally McFeal (sic) shows up in court in her micro-miniskirt and NO panties, the jury sizzled Jun 23, 2008

  • bilby See also the 'from' field. Jun 23, 2008

  • bilby Thanks for the additions and comments. Jun 23, 2008

  • Prolagus I have to say my spam correspondents have a rather good vocabulary. For example:
    Experience new levels of pleasure
    and, most impressive,
    Rectify your weak points now! Jun 23, 2008

  • bilby Keep contributing! Send me the names of your spamalicious correspondents! Yes!
    I haven't seen the sites you mention. I've dabbled in poems made of spam myself, still do. Jun 7, 2008

  • thtownse Great list in the making - I hope you get tons more spam so you can add more to it. (kidding)

    I am particularly amused by the "from" names that are provided. Somehow the spam names are always just a bit off, and sometimes they are wildly off. Like "Fulgham Slager" or "Aurora Rushing".

    Have you seen any of the sites featuring poetry constructed entirely of spam? Greatly amusing. Jun 6, 2008