Meaning & use

spammed

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Sent unsolicited and usually unwanted messages, often in bulk, to a person or online platform.

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Her inbox was spammed with fake prize notifications overnight.

The bot spammed the comment section with the same promotional link.

A note on using this word

The term traces back to a 1970s Monty Python sketch and was later adopted by early internet users to describe unwanted repetitive messages.

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