Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

velveeta

/vɛlvˈitə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables: velvee-ta
IPA: /vɛlvˈitə/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The crossposting of a message to an unreasonably large number of newsgroups.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Massive velveeta and spammage are highly frowned upon."
"As a matter of summary the us.* hierarchy limit of 5 groups has substantial outside support as being reasonable due to velveeta."
"But a double cross post to applicable groups is not velveeta, spam, or bad netiquette."
"My newsreader (Zimacs) displays aaue and I reply accordingly, perhaps the designer of the software was more aware of velveeta.?"

Etymology

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).

Usage

Uncountable

Rhymes With

rita meta anita margarita greta cheetah peta nikita lolita pita juanita kita

Questions

How do you pronounce velveeta?: The recorded pronunciation is /vɛlvˈitə/.
What does velveeta mean?: The crossposting of a message to an unreasonably large number of newsgroups.
Where does velveeta come from?: 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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