I have to admit that I don’t really have my ear on the pulse of the internet and any new term that comes my way has probably been around for at least 3.5 years so forgive me if this is seriously old news.
Well it’s not really even news, just a new term. Or maybe an old one. Who knows. Ok enough of me talking to myself… the term is ‘bacn’. It’s pronounced ‘bacon’ and I think the idea is that it’s better than spam or something witty and clever like that.
It refers to all those emails that you get that aren’t spam but aren’t from a living, breathing person either. Stuff like bills from your internet provider, notices that someone has just invited you to be a pirate on Facebook, a notice that someone has commented on your comment on a blog etc etc etc. All those emails that you’ll probably want to read at some point but never seem to have time for.
Do we really need to give this stuff a name? If we’re going to give it a name and it’s going to sound like bacon, why can’t we just call it bacon instead of the ridiculous looking bacn? Why does this even bother me?
I need to get out more.
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