{"id":"spam","name":"Spam","summary":"Spam is internet slang for unsolicited bulk messages, borrowed by early 1990s Usenet posters from a Monty Python sketch where a cafe menu is overrun with the canned meat[3]. The label stuck as junk email began flooding ARPANET inboxes, becoming one of the oldest pieces of online vocabulary still used daily.","tags":["spam meme","spam origin","monty python spam","usenet spam","gary thuerk","first spam email","internet slang"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":6,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/spam/spam-spam-cans-stacked-banner.webp","caption":"Stacks of Hormel's SPAM canned meat product, whose name became the origin of the term 'spam' used to describe unsolicited messages online.","width":1200,"height":675,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/spam/spam-spam-brand-tweet-anakin-meme.webp","caption":"A popular reaction meme joking about the SPAM brand's Twitter posts being flagged as spam, remixed with the 'This whole operation was your idea' Anakin Skywalker template.","width":1361,"height":1495,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/spam/spam-instagram-spam-brand-report-ad.webp","caption":"Screenshots showing users reporting an official SPAM Brand Australia Instagram ad using the 'It's spam' option, a self-referential joke about the brand's name.","width":1184,"height":682,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/spam/spam-spam-meat-popsicle-collage.webp","caption":"A novelty food creation featuring blocks of SPAM meat carved into the shape of ice cream popsicles.","width":600,"height":598,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/spam/spam-spam-can-halloween-costume.webp","caption":"A Halloween costume shaped like a can of SPAM luncheon meat, showcasing the cultural recognition of the Hormel brand.","width":400,"height":500,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/spam/spam-4chan-desu-spam-thread.webp","caption":"A classic example of an imageboard spam thread, in which a user repeatedly posts the phrase 'Desu~' as a form of copypasta flooding.","width":1366,"height":768,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/spam/history.md","related":["emoticons","the-geek-code","eternal-september","milf","brb","godwins-law","touch-grass","doomscrolling","goblin-mode","kek","leet-speak","1337-speak"],"popularityRank":2842,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}