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"ref": "1988 December 14, Stephen Wyatt, “The Greatest Show in the Galaxy Part 1”, in Doctor Who, spoken by Dorothy (\"Ace\") McShane (Sophie Aldred)",
"text": "I don't believe it. Junk mail that talks back.",
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"ref": "2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74",
"text": "In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.",
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"(post) Any mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited and typically sent in bulk; especially mail of a commercial nature such as advertising circulars and form letters."
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"word": "admail"
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"word": "advertising mail"
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{
"word": "direct mail"
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{
"word": "spam"
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{
"word": "UCE"
}
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"word": "junkmail"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"word": "垃圾郵件"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lājī yóujiàn, lèsè yóujiàn",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"word": "垃圾邮件"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lājīxìn, lèsèxìn",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"word": "垃圾信"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"word": "roskaposti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pourriel"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "courrier indésirable"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Junk-Mail"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "unerwünschte Post"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Junkmail"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Spammail"
},
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "dóar zével",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "דֹּאַר זֶבֶל"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"word": "levélszemét"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jankumēru",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"word": "ジャンクメール"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "meiwaku-mēru",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"word": "迷惑メール"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"word": "mēra paraurehe"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"physical"
],
"word": "lixo postal"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"english": "email",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lixo eletrônico"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "makulatúrnaja póčta",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "макулату́рная по́чта"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počtóvaja makulatúra",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "почто́вая макулату́ра"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neželátelʹnaja póčta",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нежела́тельная по́чта"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počtóvyj músor",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "почто́вый му́сор"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "džank-mɛ́jl",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "джанк-ме́йл"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "correo basura"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"word": "skräppost"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"word": "istenmeyen posta"
}
]
}
],
"word": "junk mail"
}
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"word": "junk mailer"
}
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"pos": "noun",
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"word": "admail"
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{
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"word": "direct mail"
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"word": "spam"
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"ref": "1988 December 14, Stephen Wyatt, “The Greatest Show in the Galaxy Part 1”, in Doctor Who, spoken by Dorothy (\"Ace\") McShane (Sophie Aldred)",
"text": "I don't believe it. Junk mail that talks back.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74",
"text": "In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.",
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"Any mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited and typically sent in bulk; especially mail of a commercial nature such as advertising circulars and form letters."
],
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"post",
"post#Etymology 2"
],
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"(post) Any mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited and typically sent in bulk; especially mail of a commercial nature such as advertising circulars and form letters."
],
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}
],
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"word": "junkmail"
}
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"word": "垃圾郵件"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lājī yóujiàn, lèsè yóujiàn",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"word": "垃圾邮件"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lājīxìn, lèsèxìn",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"word": "垃圾信"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"word": "roskaposti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pourriel"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "courrier indésirable"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Junk-Mail"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "unerwünschte Post"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Junkmail"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Spammail"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "dóar zével",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "דֹּאַר זֶבֶל"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"word": "levélszemét"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jankumēru",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"word": "ジャンクメール"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "meiwaku-mēru",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"word": "迷惑メール"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"word": "mēra paraurehe"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"physical"
],
"word": "lixo postal"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"english": "email",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lixo eletrônico"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "makulatúrnaja póčta",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "макулату́рная по́чта"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počtóvaja makulatúra",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "почто́вая макулату́ра"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neželátelʹnaja póčta",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нежела́тельная по́чта"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počtóvyj músor",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "почто́вый му́сор"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "džank-mɛ́jl",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "джанк-ме́йл"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "correo basura"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"word": "skräppost"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited",
"word": "istenmeyen posta"
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"word": "junk mail"
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