snam
n.— «Everyone knows what spam is—unwanted email. Snam is a mutant variant. It’s unwanted email generated by such “social networking” Web sites as Friendster, LinkedIn, and Tribe. Social networking…snam? Get it?» —“Networking Overload” by Scott Kirsner Fast Company Apr., 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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