jello

3 definitions found

jello - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Jell-O \Jell"-O\, jello \jell"o\n. [a trademark.]
     a brand of sweetened fruit-flavored powdered mixture,
     packaged so that it can be conveniently dissolved in hot
     water and solidified into a gelatin, used as a dessert,
     sometimes with pieces of fruit mixed in; also the gelatin
     dessert thus prepared; sometimes used metaphorically; as,
     when he pulled a gun on me, my knees turned to Jell-O..
     [Trademark]
  
     Note: Jell-O was originally a trademark and is still
           protected by trademark law, but is often used as one
           word, uncapitalized in informal writing.
           [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

jello - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  jello
      n 1: fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a
           commercially prepared gelatin powder [syn: jello,
           Jell-O]

jello - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  jello
   n.
  
     [Usenet: by analogy with spam] A message that is both excessively
     cross-posted and too frequently posted, as opposed to spam (which
  is
     merely too frequently posted) or velveeta (which is merely
     excessively cross-posted). This term is widely recognized but not
     commonly used; most people refer to both kinds of abuse or their
     combination as spam.