Confused about its true meaning, a Redditor recently shed light on the matter in an online forum, with the question: “What does the acronym Spam (meat) mean to you?” ...

SPAM was first introduced on July 5, 1937, and is a brand of canned cooked pork made by the Hormel Foods Corporation. But many are only just discovering what the name means Comments Lifestyle ...

Ken Daigneau, brother of a Hormel Foods vice president, won a contest - and $100 - for naming the SPAM brand - but ever since then, people have been wondering what the 'acronym' actually stand for.

Although SPAM became a regular fixture on the British dinner table in the 1960s, it was actually first produced in the US in 1937. It was created by food production company Hormel, which is based ...

SPAM-alot of people had no idea. Online epicures had their world turned upside down after they learned what the acronym for the ubiquitous canned pork patty SPAM stands for.

At least that's what us kids called it." And a third noted: "Salted Pork Aggregated Meat." According to the brand, however, SPAM is not an acronym, but is more like a portmanteau.