Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Several cans of Spam arranged on a supermarket shelf. - Borka Kiss/Shutterstock There are two main definitions of the word "spam," ...

How did the word for a tinned meat product become the basis for describing China’s most recent attempts to spew misinformation and foment discord in America? This requires an explanation. In 1937, Geo ...

To the editor: Regarding the etymology of "spam": Anyone who has been in the business for a long time knows that "spam" as applied to unwanted bulk e-mail comes from the Monty Python "Spam" sketch, ...

* According to Internet lore, the term "spam" for repetitive unwanted e-mail refers to the Monty Python sketch set in a cafe where every dish comes with Spam, a tinned meat product, and a group of ...