A great new word (really new)

mousepod · 08-24-2007, 07:45 PM

There's a new word, just coined at Podcamp Pittsburgh, which was held on August 18-19. It's a word that describes email that clutters your inbox but isn't spam. Email from things that you signed up for, but really don't want - like constant email from amazon.com, or myspace, or facebook etc etc

The (very LoT-friendly) word:

Spoiler:

Capt Jack · 08-24-2007, 07:47 PM

count me in

innerSpaceman · 08-24-2007, 07:50 PM

I don't get it. What's the etymology? Why does bacn stand for all that type of email?

Morrigoon · 08-24-2007, 08:10 PM

Better than spam, but still not good for you? Something you want, but not every day?

innerSpaceman · 08-24-2007, 08:46 PM

Ah, thanks.

Little boy to his mom, as he passes a bunch of sweating swankers on a grueling climb: Ewww, they smell like Bacon!

Gn2Dlnd · 08-24-2007, 08:51 PM

Ize wants sossages!

Spoiler:

Not Afraid · 08-24-2007, 09:10 PM

Oh. I forgot to post this, didn't I.

Cadaverous Pallor · 08-25-2007, 07:53 AM

But....but....bacon is a good thing! Bacon is meat candy! The best hyphenated phrase ever is "Bacon-wrapped"!

It simply cannot stand for those pesky subscribed emails.

innerSpaceman · 08-25-2007, 08:19 AM

sawsg.

08-24-2007, 07:45 PM	#1
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	A great new word (really new) There's a new word, just coined at Podcamp Pittsburgh, which was held on August 18-19. It's a word that describes email that clutters your inbox but isn't spam. Email from things that you signed up for, but really don't want - like constant email from amazon.com, or myspace, or facebook etc etc The (very LoT-friendly) word: Spoiler: "bacn" __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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Capt Jack check your head Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,174	count me in __________________ a clear conscience is a sure sign of a fuzzy memory
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08-24-2007, 07:50 PM	#3
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I don't get it. What's the etymology? Why does bacn stand for all that type of email?
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Better than spam, but still not good for you? Something you want, but not every day? __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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08-24-2007, 08:46 PM	#5
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Ah, thanks. Little boy to his mom, as he passes a bunch of sweating swankers on a grueling climb: Ewww, they smell like Bacon!
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08-24-2007, 08:51 PM	#6
Gn2Dlnd Parmmadore Jim Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Casita del Queso Posts: 3,810	Ize wants sossages! Spoiler: 'Cause, I gotta tell you, I've got too much bacn right now __________________ Does anyone still wear a hat?
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Oh. I forgot to post this, didn't I.
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08-25-2007, 07:53 AM	#8
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	But....but....bacon is a good thing! Bacon is meat candy! The best hyphenated phrase ever is "Bacon-wrapped"! It simply cannot stand for those pesky subscribed emails. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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08-25-2007, 08:19 AM	#9
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	sawsg.
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