pred

   [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.

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