mail bombingn.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪl bɒmɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪl ˌbɑmɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mail bomb n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < mail bomb n. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of sending a mail bomb (in either sense); an instance of this. Cf. mail bomb n.

ΚΠ

1979 N.Y. Times 21 June a16/3 A former police sergeant was..charged with murder in the..mail bombing that killed a police lieutenant.

1993 E. S. Raymond New Hacker's Dict. (ed. 2) 268 Mailbombing is itself widely regarded as a serious offense—it can disrupt email traffic or other facilities for innocent users on the victim's system.

1996 Internet World July 70/3 Unwanted commercial messages add ‘noise’ to mailboxes already overflowing with electronic correspondence and subscription mailings... It also breeds ill-will and is likely to cause complaints to the site sending it, and, in some cases, technical retaliation like ‘mail bombing’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mail bombing
释义	mail bombingn. Brit. /ˈmeɪl bɒmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmeɪl ˌbɑmɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mail bomb n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < mail bomb n. + -ing suffix¹. The action of sending a mail bomb (in either sense); an instance of this. Cf. mail bomb n. ΚΠ 1979 N.Y. Times 21 June a16/3 A former police sergeant was..charged with murder in the..mail bombing that killed a police lieutenant. 1993 E. S. Raymond New Hacker's Dict. (ed. 2) 268 Mailbombing is itself widely regarded as a serious offense—it can disrupt email traffic or other facilities for innocent users on the victim's system. 1996 Internet World July 70/3 Unwanted commercial messages add ‘noise’ to mailboxes already overflowing with electronic correspondence and subscription mailings... It also breeds ill-will and is likely to cause complaints to the site sending it, and, in some cases, technical retaliation like ‘mail bombing’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1979
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