Is it too late to retire "spam" as the noun for unsolicietd e-mail?
O.K., it probably is too late, but:
I was out this morning walking my dog, and noticed (again) that he was "marking" all over. It's fairly common around here to call a dog's little urine markings "p-mail," and it occurred to me that a more descriptive name for unsolicited e-mail might, by extension, also be "p-mail."
P.S. for non-US English speakers: In the USA the act of urination is referred to colloquially as "peeing," and urine is referred to as "pee." Also in the US, urine is considered an undesirable human waste product, and mention of it is not considered to be "polite."
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