2014-04-26 10:52:28 -04:00
|
|
|
pred
|
|
|
|
|
|
2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
|
|
|
// [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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
