Meanings
plural spamboys
- InternetcolloquialA male spammer.
I rarely come in contact with people out side^([sic]) my immediate family and Dr's, so I have fun with spamboys and trolls and cranky posters.
2004 October 13, Kitty Kelly, “Re: Arthritis & Sleepless Canadians”, in alt.support.arthritis (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jul 20262 more examples
listen spamboy. it just so happens your buddy matt singer asked me if i was the debate god. also it just shows how stupid you are that say college judges don't know what they are talking about. why would you not want debate to progress?
1998 December 29, [drh] <meanmrmustard@my-dejanews.com>, “New in the 2NC”, in alt.speech.debate (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jul 2026It's still announced at Zappa.com & the ticket office here don't know nada. Only place I've seen that written is in AFFZ. Are you sure it isn't some kind of prank by the resident spamboys?
2005 August 19, hans hendriks, “Something to look forward to...”, in alt.fan.frank-zappa (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jul 2026
Origin
From spam + boy, possibly with influence from spambot.
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