velveeta

noun

1. The crossposting of a message to an unreasonably large number of newsgroups.

   rare, uncountable

   Massive velveeta and spammage are highly frowned upon.

Where it comes from

After Velveeta, a brand of processed cheese (itself from velvet), perhaps likening its spreadability to the spreading of a post across newsgroups. Coined by Usenet user Charles Daniels in 1995. Compare spam (“junk e-mail”) (named after SPAM, brand of processed meat).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry velveeta (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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