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spamouflage

noun
/ˈspæməˌflɑːʒ/

Etymology

Blend of spam + camouflage.

  1. derived from *mawwō✻ — “sleeve”
  2. derived from *muffël✻ — “a muff, wrap, envelope”
  3. derived from *fellą✻ — “skin, film, fleece”
  4. derived from *molfell✻ — “soft garment made of hide”
  5. derived from muffula — “muff”
  6. derived from capo — “head”
  7. derived from camuffare — “to muffle the head”
  8. compounded as spamouflage — “spam + camouflage”

Definitions

  1. Attempts to disguise spam as legitimate messages.

    • This message generated enormous curiosity and speculation on the web. Recipients didn't know what to make of it. Was it a bizarre hoax or joke? A deviously sophisticated form of spamouflage designed to trick them into buying something?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for spamouflage. 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