cold email

English

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Etymology

By analogy with cold call.

Noun

cold email (plural cold emails)

  1. A sales email, made without a referral or without preparing the recipient of the email.

Verb

cold email (third-person singular simple present cold emails, present participle cold emailing, simple past and past participle cold emailed)

  1. (transitive) To email someone without preparation or referral.

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