spam

spam vt.  [from "Monty Python's Flying Circus"] 1. To
   crash a program by overrunning a fixed-size buffer with excessively
   large input data.  See also {buffer overflow}, {overrun
   screw}, {smash the stack}.  2. To cause a newsgroup to be
   flooded with irrelevant or inappropriate messages. You can spam a
   newsgroup with as little as one well- (or ill-) planned message
   (e.g. asking "What do you think of abortion?" on soc.women).
   This is often done with {cross-post}ing (e.g. any message which
   is crossposted to alt.rush-limbaugh and
   alt.politics.homosexuality will almost inevitably spam both
   groups).

   The second definition has become much more prevalent as the
   Internet has opened up to non-techies, and to many Usenetters it is
   probably now (1995) primary. .