"joe job" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-joe job.ogg Forms: joe jobs [plural]
Etymology: In the computing sense, originated from such a spam attack against Joe Doll in 1997. Head templates: {{en-noun}} joe job (plural joe jobs)
  1. (idiomatic) An uninteresting, low-level, low-paying job. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-joe_job-en-noun-IxKoYmPN
  2. (US, idiomatic, computing) An act of e-mail spamming where the sender's identity and address are those of an innocent third party, intended either to tarnish that person's reputation or to flood that person's e-mail with bounces. Tags: US, idiomatic Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: Joe job
    Sense id: en-joe_job-en-noun-fdPZP~P8 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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