junk mail

See also: junkmail

English

Alternative forms

• junkmail

Noun

junk mail (countable and uncountable, plural junk mails)

1. (post) Any mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited and typically sent in bulk; especially mail of a commercial nature such as advertising circulars and form letters.
   • 1988 December 14, Stephen Wyatt, “The Greatest Show in the Galaxy Part 1”, in Doctor Who, spoken by Dorothy ("Ace") McShane (Sophie Aldred):

     I don't believe it. Junk mail that talks back.

   • 2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist‎^[1], volume 407, number 8837, page 74:

     In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.

Derived terms

• junk mailer

Related terms

• admail
• advertising mail
• direct mail

Translations

mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 垃圾郵件／垃圾邮件 (zh) (lājī yóujiàn, lèsè yóujiàn), 垃圾信 (lājīxìn, lèsèxìn)

• Finnish: roskaposti (fi)
• French: pourriel (fr) m, courrier indésirable (fr) m
• German: Junk-Mail f, unerwünschte Post f, Junkmail (de) f, Spammail f
• Hebrew: דֹּאַר זֶבֶל (he) m (dóar zével)
• Hungarian: levélszemét (hu)
• Japanese: ジャンクメール (jankumēru), 迷惑メール (meiwaku-mēru)
• Maori: mēra paraurehe
• Portuguese: lixo postal m (physical), lixo eletrônico m (email)
• Russian: макулату́рная по́чта f (makulatúrnaja póčta), почто́вая макулату́ра f (počtóvaja makulatúra), нежела́тельная по́чта f (neželátelʹnaja póčta), почто́вый му́сор m (počtóvyj músor), джанк-ме́йл m (džank-mɛ́jl)
• Spanish: correo basura (es) m
• Swedish: skräppost (sv)
• Turkish: istenmeyen posta

See also

• spam
• UCE

Further reading

• junk mail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia