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spam account

spam account noun: a personal social media (chiefly Instagram) account separate from one's public or main account, where one generally posts more raw, personal content, compared to the main account which features more polished, curated posts.

Noun

spam account (plural spam accounts)

  1. A personal social media (chiefly Instagram) account separate from one's public or main account, where one generally posts more raw, personal content, compared to the main account which features more polished, curated posts.
    • She only shares her spam account with her closest friends.
    Synonyms:
    finsta, finstagram
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see spam, account.
    • I keep getting emails from spam accounts trying to sell me certain pharmaceuticals.

Synonyms of spam account

Forms of spam account

pluralspam accounts

Origin of spam account

It is possible that the term originally referred to a secondary email address which was created to be indiscriminately shared on the Internet and was hence expected to receive more spam than one's primary email address. The term was then applied to secondary social media accounts. Another possible origin is that the term derives from the high volume of posts typical of this type of account.

Questions about spam account

What does spam account mean?
Spam account means a personal social media (chiefly Instagram) account separate from one's public or main account, where one generally posts more raw, personal content, compared to the main account which features more polished, curated posts.
What part of speech is spam account?
Spam account is a noun.
What is the plural of spam account?
The plural of spam account is spam accounts.

Words near spam account in the dictionary

  1. spalted
  2. spalting
  3. spaltings
  4. spalts
  5. spam
  6. spam account
  7. spam accounts
  8. spam in a can
  9. spam killer
  10. spam killers
  11. spam musubi

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