• A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipEnglish
      14·
      2 days ago

      Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing

      Amazing. They actually integrated the hyphen into the acronym. But alas…

      The CAN-SPAM Act is occasionally referred to by critics as the “You-Can-Spam” Act because the bill fails to prohibit many types of e-mail spam and preempts some state laws that would otherwise have provided victims with practical means of redress.

      • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        2 days ago

        Exactly where the arguable triple entendre comes in!

        • “Can spam” as in “put spam in the garbage can”.
        • “Can Spam” as in the literal canned meat product Spam that Internet spam derives its name from.
        • And now the third: “can spam” as in “you’re allowed to spam because this law sucks”.
        • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipEnglish
          4·
          2 days ago

          OK, now I get it. My brain was too lazy to even try to decipher “triple entendre”.

          I’m still amazed by the hyphen. Is there a profession of literal wordsmith that comes up with such things? Probably got fired by DOGE.