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fax bomb

noun

Etymology

From fax + bomb, compare mail bomb.

  1. derived from βόμβος
  2. derived from bombus
  3. derived from bomba
  4. borrowed from bombe
  5. formed as fax bomb — “fax + bomb”

Definitions

  1. A malicious act of sending faxes to someone with the intention of overwhelming the…

    A malicious act of sending faxes to someone with the intention of overwhelming the recipient's fax machine or communication, often in the form of black faxes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fax bomb. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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