junk mailn.

Brit.

/ˈdʒʌŋk meɪl/,

/ˌdʒʌŋk ˈmeɪl/, U.S.

/ˈdʒəŋk ˌmeɪl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: junk n.¹, mail n.²

Etymology: < junk n.¹ + mail n.²

Originally North American.

1. Unwanted or unsolicited mail or post, typically in the form of circulars, advertisements, etc., sent to a large number of addresses.

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society > communication > correspondence > letter > mail > [noun] > type of

first class1863

second class1863

local1879

third class1891

registered1914

junk mail1921

direct mail1930

mailing shot1936

V-Mail1942

sea-mail1951

hate mail1954

certified mail1955

Mailgram1969

1921 Legislative, Executive, & Judicial Appropriation Bill: Hearing before U.S. Senate Comm. on Appropriations (66th Congr., 2nd Sess.) II. 2353 What we call the junk mail comes in just the same. There is no let-up at all in that, and all of that has to be handled.

1954 Reader's Digest Oct. 37/1 The argument for junk mail is that sorting requires little time—the postman simply delivers one throwaway to each home.

1972 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. 26 June 5/5 Within the first few months of their baby's life, the Duncans had received more than 1,000 pieces of junk mail.

2015 S. Crossan One 52 I've seen him..hide hospital bills and parking tickets under stacks of junk mail and old newspapers in the hall.

2. Computing. Unwanted or unsolicited email, typically in the form of advertising or promotional material sent to multiple recipients; an email message of this type. Also: a folder in an email system into which such messages may be automatically directed. Cf. junk email n. at junk n.¹ and adj. Compounds 2.

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1976 R. P. Morton in Proc. ACM SIGCSE-SIGCUE Techn. Symp. Computer Sci. & Educ. 147 The communications functions include terminal-to-terminal keyboard interactions with other terminals..and a mailbox service for personal message and junk mail distribution.

1985 New Scientist 17 Oct. 64/1 ‘Junk mail’ is not the only possible abuse of electronic mail.

1997 Inbound Email Filter in alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent (Usenet newsgroup) 19 Mar. I set up some inbound email filters to send only certain of my well known senders' mail to my in box, everything else to a separate box called ‘Junk Mail’. However, it isn't working. Any ideas? Everything goes to ‘Junk Mail’.

2001 Daily Tel. 23 Oct. 24/1 Every morning when I open my mailbox, there are a dozen of so clamorous junkmails from Americans and it's very boring deleting it all.

2012 M. L. Chambers MacBook All-in-One for Dummies (ed. 2) vi. ii. 554 Thankfully, Apple Mail has a net that you can cast to collect junk mail before you have to read it.

Compounds

General attributive, as junk mail filter, junk mail folder, junk mail letter, etc.

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1932 Tel.-Herald & Times-Jrnl. (Dubuque, Iowa) 27 Jan. (Evening ed.) 2/6 The Fascists threaten to post such an enormous amount of junk mail matter, old newspapers and parcels that the mail service will be disrupted.

1954 Mexico (Missouri) Evening Ledger 11 Nov. 14/1 A junk-mail distribution from some jazzy hotel in Palm Springs, Calif.

1962 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 13 Oct. 4/1 Each evening he spends a few relaxing minutes opening each junk mail letter he receives.

1981 The End is Near in fa.human-nets (Usenet newsgroup) 13 May I think there should not be any individual copies of human-nets or any of the ‘junk-mail’ messages sent or stored on any machine at Berkeley.

1996 F. Popcorn & L. Marigold Clicking ii. 208 We've come to expect junk mail menus from every takeout joint in the neighborhood.

2003 Metro 14 Oct. (London ed.) 4/1 (advt.) PC Firewall... Parental controls... Junk mail filter... Pop-up blocker.

2011 Vanity Fair Sept. 220/1 Lying there in the junk-mail folder, in the spammy mess of mortgage offers and erectile-dysfunction drug ads, an e-mail from an associate..caught the man's eye.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	junk mail
释义	junk mailn. Brit. /ˈdʒʌŋk meɪl/, /ˌdʒʌŋk ˈmeɪl/, U.S. /ˈdʒəŋk ˌmeɪl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: junk n.¹, mail n.² Etymology: < junk n.¹ + mail n.² Originally North American. 1. Unwanted or unsolicited mail or post, typically in the form of circulars, advertisements, etc., sent to a large number of addresses. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > mail > [noun] > type of first class1863 second class1863 local1879 third class1891 registered1914 junk mail1921 direct mail1930 mailing shot1936 V-Mail1942 sea-mail1951 hate mail1954 certified mail1955 Mailgram1969 1921 Legislative, Executive, & Judicial Appropriation Bill: Hearing before U.S. Senate Comm. on Appropriations (66th Congr., 2nd Sess.) II. 2353 What we call the junk mail comes in just the same. There is no let-up at all in that, and all of that has to be handled. 1954 Reader's Digest Oct. 37/1 The argument for junk mail is that sorting requires little time—the postman simply delivers one throwaway to each home. 1972 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. 26 June 5/5 Within the first few months of their baby's life, the Duncans had received more than 1,000 pieces of junk mail. 2015 S. Crossan One 52 I've seen him..hide hospital bills and parking tickets under stacks of junk mail and old newspapers in the hall. 2. Computing. Unwanted or unsolicited email, typically in the form of advertising or promotional material sent to multiple recipients; an email message of this type. Also: a folder in an email system into which such messages may be automatically directed. Cf. junk email n. at junk n.¹ and adj. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1976 R. P. Morton in Proc. ACM SIGCSE-SIGCUE Techn. Symp. Computer Sci. & Educ. 147 The communications functions include terminal-to-terminal keyboard interactions with other terminals..and a mailbox service for personal message and junk mail distribution. 1985 New Scientist 17 Oct. 64/1 ‘Junk mail’ is not the only possible abuse of electronic mail. 1997 Inbound Email Filter in alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent (Usenet newsgroup) 19 Mar. I set up some inbound email filters to send only certain of my well known senders' mail to my in box, everything else to a separate box called ‘Junk Mail’. However, it isn't working. Any ideas? Everything goes to ‘Junk Mail’. 2001 Daily Tel. 23 Oct. 24/1 Every morning when I open my mailbox, there are a dozen of so clamorous junkmails from Americans and it's very boring deleting it all. 2012 M. L. Chambers MacBook All-in-One for Dummies (ed. 2) vi. ii. 554 Thankfully, Apple Mail has a net that you can cast to collect junk mail before you have to read it. Compounds General attributive, as junk mail filter, junk mail folder, junk mail letter, etc. ΚΠ 1932 Tel.-Herald & Times-Jrnl. (Dubuque, Iowa) 27 Jan. (Evening ed.) 2/6 The Fascists threaten to post such an enormous amount of junk mail matter, old newspapers and parcels that the mail service will be disrupted. 1954 Mexico (Missouri) Evening Ledger 11 Nov. 14/1 A junk-mail distribution from some jazzy hotel in Palm Springs, Calif. 1962 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 13 Oct. 4/1 Each evening he spends a few relaxing minutes opening each junk mail letter he receives. 1981 The End is Near in fa.human-nets (Usenet newsgroup) 13 May I think there should not be any individual copies of human-nets or any of the ‘junk-mail’ messages sent or stored on any machine at Berkeley. 1996 F. Popcorn & L. Marigold Clicking ii. 208 We've come to expect junk mail menus from every takeout joint in the neighborhood. 2003 Metro 14 Oct. (London ed.) 4/1 (advt.) PC Firewall... Parental controls... Junk mail filter... Pop-up blocker. 2011 Vanity Fair Sept. 220/1 Lying there in the junk-mail folder, in the spammy mess of mortgage offers and erectile-dysfunction drug ads, an e-mail from an associate..caught the man's eye. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1921
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