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bacn

/ˈbeɪkən/

bacn noun: non-spam email messages that have been signed up for, but which the recipient does not necessarily want or have time to read.

Noun

bacn (uncountable)

  1. (Internet, informal) Non-spam email messages that have been signed up for, but which the recipient does not necessarily want or have time to read.
    • Examples of bacn email are: bank statement notifications, e-news alerts from companies, newsletters ...2008, Bill Young, Webplicity 2.0: The Critical Guide to Successful Web Strategies, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 100
    • 5 dump your bacn This is the term for e-mail newsletters you've subscribed to. Kill them off Monday morning. A study by MessageGate estimates up to 30 percent of e-mails are bacn.2008 January–February, “70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 134

Examples of bacn in a sentence

  • Rather than let bacn accumulate and ruin an otherwise pleasant day, ...2011, Ryan Teeter, Karl Barksdale, Google Apps for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
  • The smart labels feature essentially focuses on "bacn," that brand of e-mail that people subscribe to and generally want to read -- but don't have time for right now.2011 March 9, John D. Sutter, “Google 'smart labels' aim to de-stress e-mail”, in CNN, retrieved 16 Mar 2013:

Origin of bacn

Coined at PodCamp Pittsburgh 2, 2007, modelled on spam (junk mail, or a meat product) and bacon.

Questions about bacn

What does bacn mean?
Bacn means non-spam email messages that have been signed up for, but which the recipient does not necessarily want or have time to read.
How do you use bacn in a sentence?
Rather than let bacn accumulate and ruin an otherwise pleasant day, ...
What part of speech is bacn?
Bacn is a noun.
How do you pronounce bacn?
Bacn is pronounced /ˈbeɪkən/.

Words near bacn in the dictionary

  1. baclosan
  2. baclovirus
  3. bacmecillinam
  4. bacmid
  5. bacmids
  6. bacn
  7. Bacnar
  8. bacne
  9. Bacnotan
  10. Baco
  11. Bacobi

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