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velveeta

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: V EH0 L V IY1 T AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, rare, uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

trademark: soft processed American cheese

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: cheese

History

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).