Spimmer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Spimmer is a noun meaning One who sends spim (unsolicited instant messages).
Meaning
One who sends spim (unsolicited instant messages).
Example Sentences
Spam in e-mail isn't new. But as barriers to it have succeeded, spimmers have taken fresh aim at IM.
Spimmers clog mobile devices by sending tones^([sic]) of unwanted SMS or MMS and hence making the devices useless.
Most forecasters are predicting that spim will spin out of control as soon as spimmers find a way to abscond with large numbers of IM screen names, which are not as readily available as e-mail addresses.
Another threat to the use of IM is a phenomenon known as spimming. Spimming is to IM as spam is to e-mail. Some aggressive spimmers learned how to take over one IMer's contact list — threatening a company's entire IM system!
Word Forms
- spimmers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spamtard, spial, spyal, spoofer, spider, spanger.
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