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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>pred</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../P.html" title="P"/><link rel="previous" href="precedence-lossage.html" title="precedence lossage"/><link rel="next" href="prepend.html" title="prepend"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">pred</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="precedence-lossage.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">P</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="prepend.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="pred"/><dt xmlns="" id="pred"><b>pred</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">//</span></dt></dt><dd><p>[Usenet; orig. fr. the Island MUD via Oxford University] Abbreviation
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for “<span class="quote">predictable</span>”, used to signify or preempt responses that
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are extremely predictable but have to be filled in for the sake of form
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(the phrase is bracketed by <pred>...</pred>). X-Pred headers
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in mail or news serve the same end. Figuring out the connection between
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the X-Pred tagline and the thread is part of the entertainment. For
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example, it is said that any thread about taxation must contain a reference
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to Raquel Welch, if only to stop other people from mentioning her. This is
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allegedly due to a Monty Python sketch where a character declares that he
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would tax Raquel Welch, and he has a feeling she would tax him.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="precedence-lossage.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../P.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="prepend.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">precedence lossage </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> prepend</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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