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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>jello</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../J.html" title="J"/><link rel="previous" href="Jeff-K-.html" title="Jeff K."/><link rel="next" href="Jeopardy-style-quoting.html" title="Jeopardy-style quoting"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">jello</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Jeff-K-.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">J</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Jeopardy-style-quoting.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="jello"/><dt xmlns="" id="jello"><b>jello</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Usenet: by analogy with <a href="../S/spam.html"><i class="glossterm">spam</i></a>] A message that
is both excessively cross-posted and too frequently posted, as opposed to
<a href="../S/spam.html"><i class="glossterm">spam</i></a> (which is merely too frequently posted) or
<a href="../V/velveeta.html"><i class="glossterm">velveeta</i></a> (which is merely excessively cross-posted).
This term is widely recognized but not commonly used; most people refer to
both kinds of abuse or their combination as spam.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Jeff-K-.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../J.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Jeopardy-style-quoting.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Jeff K. </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Jeopardy-style quoting</td></tr></table></div></body></html>