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[[Image:Spam.jpg|thumb|right|200px| Tin of Spam]]
[[Image:Spam.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A tin of Spam]]
In its original meaning '''Spam''' is the proprietary name for a type of processed luncheon meat made from pork. The name is a contraction of "SPiced hAM", and was very popular in England during World War II, when fresh meat was in short supply. <ref> See the official Spam Website: http://www.spam.com/ </ref> It's a luncheon meat, pink, comes in a can, made by Hormel. Most Americans intuitively, viscerally associate "Spam" with "no nutritive or aesthetic value," though it is still relatively popular (especially in Hawaii) and can be found in almost any grocery store.) Spam has its own newsgroup, alt.spam.
In its original meaning '''Spam''' is the proprietary name for a type of processed luncheon meat made from pork. The name is a contraction of "SPiced hAM", and was very popular in England during World War II, when fresh meat was in short supply. <ref> See the official Spam Website: http://www.spam.com/ </ref> It's a luncheon meat, pink, comes in a can, made by Hormel. Most Americans intuitively, viscerally associate "Spam" with "no nutritive or aesthetic value," though it is still relatively popular (especially in Hawaii) and can be found in almost any grocery store.) Spam has its own newsgroup, alt.spam.
Another school of thought maintains that it comes from the computer group lab at the University of Southern California who gave it the name because it has many of the same characteristics as the luncheon meat Spam:<Ref>For further details on what constitutes spam see http://spam.abuse.net/overview/whatisspam.shtml as well as most of this site.</ref>
Another school of thought maintains that it comes from the computer group lab at the University of Southern California who gave it the name because it has many of the same characteristics as the luncheon meat Spam:<Ref>For further details on what constitutes spam see http://spam.abuse.net/overview/whatisspam.shtml as well as most of this site.</ref>
* Nobody wants it or ever asks for it.
* No one ever eats it; it is the first item to be pushed to the side when eating the entree.
* Sometimes it is actually tasty, like 1% of junk mail that is really useful to some people.
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