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the word "spam" similarly existed before the advent of unsolicited commercial email. the meanings of words change all the time.
by stonogo 2y ago
the word "spam" similarly existed before the advent of unsolicited commercial email. the meanings of words change all the time.
- quantified 2y agoWhat do you recall it meaning? I didn't hear it used for anything besides a specific brand of canned meat.
- stonogo 2y agoThat's exactly what it meant. Its use to describe UCE derived from a Monty Python sketch where a restaurant customer was trying to order food without it, but it was included in every menu item.
- quantified 2y agoTechnically, all proper names may be words, so yes you were/are correct in that sense. It's sort of unconventional, like saying that "Elon" is a word. The way you phrased it ("word" vs "name"), I interpreted as having a non-brand-name meaning.