To the editor: Regarding the etymology of "spam": Anyone who has been in the business for a long time knows that "spam" as applied to unwanted bulk e-mail comes from the Monty Python "Spam" sketch, ...

In the classic ‘Spam’ sketch from Monty Python’s Flying Circus, exasperated diners at a café are met with menu choices of “egg and spam”, “spam, bacon, sausage and spam”, “spam, spam, spam, spam, spam ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Several cans of Spam arranged on a supermarket shelf. - Borka Kiss/Shutterstock There are two main definitions of the word "spam," ...