# velveeta

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #81,007

## Definitions
1. The crossposting of a message to an unreasonably large number of newsgroups.

## Etymology
After Velveeta, a brand of processed cheese (itself from velvet), perhaps likening its spreadability to the spreading of a post across newsgroups. Coined by Usenet user Charles Daniels in 1995. Compare spam (“junk e-mail”) (named after SPAM, brand of processed meat).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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