A person — or a company, or nowadays usually a program running on somebody's behalf — that sends the same message to enormous numbers of people who did not ask for it. Advertising, scams, links you should not click. The word is always an insult; nobody hands out a business card saying 'spammer'.

A person一個人——or a company或一家公司，or nowadays usually a program running on somebody's behalf或現在通常是替某人跑的一個程式——that sends把 the same message同一則訊息 to enormous numbers of people who did not ask for it傳給大量沒有要求收到的人。Advertising, scams, links you should not click廣告、詐騙、你不該點的連結。The word這個字 is always an insult永遠帶有貶意；nobody hands out a business card saying 'spammer'沒有人會遞名片上面寫著「spammer」。

Note the shape: spam is the message and the verb ('stop spamming me'), a spammer is the sender, and spamming is what they do.

Note注意 the shape這幾個字的關係：spam is is the message那則訊息 and the verb也是動詞（'stop spamming me'「stop spamming me」），a spammer is the sender是傳送的人，and spamming is what they do是他們在做的事。

It has spread well beyond email. In a group chat or an online game, a spammer is anyone who floods the channel — posting the same sticker twenty times, or shouting the same advertisement. In gaming it stretches further still: to spam a button means to press it over and over, and someone who wins only by doing that gets called a spammer with real contempt.

It它 has spread well beyond email早就超出電子郵件的範圍了。In a group chat or an online game在群組聊天或線上遊戲裡，a spammer is anyone who floods the channelspammer是任何洗版的人——posting the same sticker twenty times同一張貼圖傳二十次，or shouting the same advertisement或狂喊同一則廣告。In gaming在遊戲裡，it stretches further still它還延伸得更遠：to spam a button means的意思是 to press it over and over不斷猛按某個鍵，and someone who wins only by doing that而只靠這樣贏的人，gets called a spammer with real contempt會被人帶著真正的鄙視叫做spammer。

The common thread is always volume without thought — the same thing repeated until it drowns out everything else. Note the doubled m: spam + -er gives spammer, not 'spamer'.

The common thread貫穿始終的共同點 is always volume without thought永遠是不經思考的量——the same thing repeated同一件事重複 until it drowns out everything else到淹沒了其他一切。Note注意 the doubled m雙寫的m：spam + -er加-er gives變成 spammer不是「spamer」not 'spamer'。