mail bomb

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [meyl bom]
- /meɪl bɒm/
- /meɪl bɒm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [meyl bom]
- /meɪl bɒm/

Definitions of mail bomb words

noun mail bomb letter bomb. 1
noun mail bomb Also called email bomb. a very large number of emails sent to a single email address or computer network, usually causing a server or system crash. 1
noun Technical meaning of mail bomb (messaging) To send, or urge others to send, massive amounts of electronic mail to a single system or person, with intent to crash or spam the recipient's system. A successful mail bomb may cause the victim's disk quota to be exhausted, the disk holding his mailbox to fill up, or his computer to spend a large proportion of its time processing mail. Mail-bombing is sometimes done in retaliation against someone persistently abusing Usenet and violating netiquette. While it may inconvenience the intended victim (if they gave their real address), it will probably also inconvenience other users and administrators of the computers and networks involved. Mailbombing is thus a serious offense itself. See netiquette for the correct way to respond to perceived violations. Compare letterbomb, nastygram. 1

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Origin of mail bomb

First appearance:

before 1970

One of the 2% newest English words

First recorded in 1970-75

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Parts of speech for Mail bomb

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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mail bomb popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 70% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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