is there a name for this?

[Alice Faber]

Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:
> On Oct 23, 2006, at 11:10 AM, Scot LaFaive wrote:
>
>> Although this is the first I've thought of it, I think I will
>> create the camp of "despamafication." Sounds severe and unstoppable.
>
> yes, properly serious.  but i'd use the spelling "despamification".
>

My first impulse is toward "despamicization", though I'm not sure why.


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