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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Lowercase?

I looked up the word 'spam' in my dictionary and above it in brackets it said: (lowercase)

What's 'lowercase'?!
  

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, not capital letters. This would be in there to indicate that they meant spam instead of Spam by the definition. spam (lowercase) is the junk mail we get through e-mail.

— Sam1947

  • , not capital letters.
  • This would be in there to indicate that they meant spam instead of Spam by the definition.
  • spam (lowercase) is the junk mail we get through e-mail.
  • ) that I think originated in WWI or II, and was something they fed the troops.
  • It comes in a can, and some people like it in sandwiches or to cook like ham with eggs for breakfast.
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lowercase means the lowercase letters...i.e., not capital letters. This would be in there to indicate that they meant spam instead of Spam by the definition.

spam (lowercase) is the junk mail we get through e-mail.

Spam is this really awful meat product, (my personal opinion, for all you Spam lovers!) that I think originated in WWI or II, and was something they fed the troops.
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