Definitions

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  • noun computing Text inserted into an email address in order to make it invalid, though still readable to a human being.

Etymologies

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spam +‎ block

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Examples

  • But mt-blacklist the spamblock software “alas” uses is working again, meaning that the spam is back down to a managable trickle, rather than being an impossible-to-deal-with torrent.

    Comments are working again! 2004

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