spamblock

noun

Etymology

From spam + block.

  1. derived from *bʰelǵ-
  2. derived from *blukką
  3. derived from *blokk
  4. derived from *blok
  5. derived from blok
  6. derived from bloc
  7. inherited from blok
  8. compounded as spamblock — “spam + block

Definitions

  1. Text inserted into an email address in order to make it invalid, though still readable to…

    Text inserted into an email address in order to make it invalid, though still readable to a human being. For example, in "jsmith-[AT]-example-[DOT]-com", the "@" and "." symbols have been replaced with literal text to prevent automated spambots from finding the email address while still leaving it readable.

  2. To obfuscate (an email address) with a spamblock.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA