"velveeta" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "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).",
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          "ref": "1996, The Lone Warrior, “Alt.Barney.Dinosaur.Die.Die.Die FAQ (tentative)”, in alt.barney.dinosaur.die.die.die (Usenet):",
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          "ref": "2004, Joe Curry, “Trip Report - RAF Museum Cosford!”, in alt.airports.uk.edinburgh (Usenet):",
          "text": "My newsreader (Zimacs) displays aaue and I reply accordingly, perhaps the designer of the software was more aware of velveeta.?",
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