Velveeta

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The crossposting of a message to an unreasonably large number of newsgroups. Internet, rare, uncountable

    "Massive velveeta and spammage are highly frowned upon."

  2. 2
    soft processed American cheese wordnet

Synonyms

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cheese

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"Massive velveeta and spammage are highly frowned upon."

Etymology

After Velveeta, a brand of processed cheese (itself from velvet), perhaps likening its spreadability to the spreading of a post across newsgroups. Coined by Usenet user Charles Daniels in 1995. Compare spam (“junk e-mail”) (named after SPAM, brand of processed meat).

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