Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

picspam

/ˈpɪkˌspæm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pic-spam
IPA: /ˈpɪkˌspæm/

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A post on a blog featuring a collection of pictures, generally of the same subject or from the same source.

Countable; Informal

noun

Such blog posts collectively.

Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I think it was lysachan's site that got me into the series -- her picspams are fun, (heavy on the Prentiss love)."
"Days, weeks, even months are spent in creating vids, picspams, icons, original art, and sometimes novel-length works of fiction."
"[…] television and movie fans posting fan fiction on LiveJournal, fans of celebrities creating picspams on Tumblr, […]"
"Arg. Stupid life. Camera phone, though, woo. Prepare for mucho picspam of, I dunno, my bedroom or my feet or something."
"Computers make creating and sharing picspam easy, but the power to pause, to stop time, and to frame one’s own still shots came with the rise of the VCR."
"Long, and full of picspam... You have been warned!"

Etymology

From pic + spam.

Usage

Inflected Forms

picspams (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce picspam?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɪkˌspæm/.
What does picspam mean?: A post on a blog featuring a collection of pictures, generally of the same subject or from the same source.
Where does picspam come from?: From pic + spam.

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