pred

// [Usenet; orig. fr. the Island MUD via Oxford University] Abbreviation for
predictable , used to signify or preempt responses that are extremely
predictable but have to be filled in for the sake of form (the phrase is
bracketed by pred. .. /pred ). X-Pred headers in mail or news serve the same
end. Figuring out the connection between the X-Pred tagline and the thread
is part of the entertainment. For example, it is said that any thread about
taxation must contain a reference to Raquel Welch, if only to stop other
people from mentioning her. This is allegedly due to a Monty Python sketch
where a character declares that he would tax Raquel Welch, and he has a
feeling she would tax him.

