spammer
spammer Lexical Profile
spammer Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A person or organization that sends unsolicited digital messages, such as emails, text messages, or social media posts, in bulk, typically for advertising or fraudulent purposes.
"The email provider updated its security filters to block messages from a notorious spammer."
A player in a video game who repeatedly uses the same attack, ability, or action in rapid succession to gain an unfair or annoying advantage.
"It is frustrating to play against a button spammer who only uses the same move over and over."
• Rhymes for spammer
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the 1990s from the verb "spam" plus the agentive suffix "-er." The computing sense of "spam" originated from a famous 1970 Monty Python sketch in which a restaurant menu is dominated by the canned meat product Spam, and a group of Vikings repeatedly sings the word until it drowns out all other conversation.