Meanings
nounspamouflage (uncountable)
- InternetuncountableAttempts to disguise spam as legitimate messages.
This message generated enormous curiosity and speculation on the web. Recipients didn't know what to make of it. Was it a bizarre hoax or joke? A deviously sophisticated form of spamouflage designed to trick them into buying something?
2010, Alex Boese, Hippo Eats Dwarf, page 123
Origin
Blend of spam + camouflage.
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APA
spamouflage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spamouflage
MLA
“spamouflage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spamouflage. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spamouflage,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spamouflage.
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