- Several men have been arrested for spam rage.
spam rage
noun; compounding
a state of extreme anger and frustration caused by getting numerous unwanted or unsolicited emails ('the torrent of spam caused numerous counts of spam rage') I was looking at various sites on the internet when I came across this article about several people being arrested for making threats to companies and other people sending out spam and other unsolicited email messages. This term is very similar to the more common 'road rage,' although it pertains to a person getting steamed about receiving a lot of spam email.
Etymology : compound of a zero derivation; formed from 'spam', + 'rage'
Source : website (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/031121/80/eemvv.html, week of 2003-11-17)
Last modified: 10 June 2008