A
first-hand report indicates that the term is derived from a famous Monty
Python sketch ("Well, we have Spam, tomato & Spam, egg &
Spam, Egg, bacon &
Spam...") that was current when spam first began arriving on the
Internet.
Spam is a trademarked Hormel meat product that was well-known in the U.S.
Armed Forces during World War II.
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