Nerd Word of the Day: Bacn

bacn-thumbBacn: Email you want, but not right now.

Thanks JoeCascio on Twitter for this one.

You have the problem with Spam, which we all hate.. but then you start to get all these email notifications from Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, that start to clog up your inbox.  They are not emails you don’t want.. they are just emails that you don’t have time to look at right now!

Coined at PodCamp Pittsburgh 2 last year, theyspm were obviously playing off the Spam name.. and I guess bacon is a step up from Spam, hence the name.

They even had t-shirts for a little while there!

Got a message from the bacon enthusiasts at bacn.com which said: “We take issue with your word of the day … we believe it means “friggin’ awesome bacon” … kthxbai … :-)” :grin:

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  • http://www.youtube.com/xxstokjrj1xx John

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  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688?68581 leonard

    work…pig bellies….pork-bellies…bring home the bacon…cured just right…no pig left behind…pork-butt…pork-pie-why–hows text-book?..KIND?

  • cowboyjdanos

    Makes me hungry!!!

  • http://uk.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James

    YAY

  • http://www.jindai.us jindai

    You should rename these as “Words no intelligent person will ever have a use for, except to laugh at those that do use them.”

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688?68581 leonard

    (+)!*!*!*!*!*!(+)…good 1

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    So is this how all the kewl kids speak? :???:

    What annoys me is how someone sends out batch e-mails and leaves your e-mail address exposed for the whole world to see.
    These ppl have no computer etiquette. {try bccnext time}

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    I never knew that… :roll:
    As much as I might be disinterested in these terms, I cannot look away. Perhaps, I do need to keep abreast of this trend… or perhaps I really should get a log cabin off in the wilderness somewhere. :roll:

  • http://www.bikengruvin.com/artistbiodavid.htm bike artist

    spam…bacn…veggiebgr? :roll:

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    That’s my beef.

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688?68581 leonard

    Or, make sure to have enough fire wood :eek: …excuses to junk pick the city….PEaCE: bsomebody/-…wilderness in America is

    Agency{}Controoled[(controlled)]

    …log cabin; been not [fabeled] to log off :razz:..cut the log..nut log..logging would not take all day….lol…text-book*heat*

  • seesixcm6

    Dear Marina, Actually, I think bacon is worse than Spam because bacon has more fat, salt, and nitrates.
    When Spam was made for the US Army in WWII, they specified lots of fat in it because it provided more calories in a small container. Soldiers were able to do a full day’s work on one can of Spam. The US gave away Spam to many countries during and after WWII. We even gave Spam to the Russians, so it might have started the Cold War. Some countries in Europe, like Denmark made their own version of canned Spam, so it’s true, imitation is the highest form of flattery. :grin:
    For health reasons, I can’t eat Spam, but it’s interesting to see there’s a version that includes bacon in it! (I don’t think it tastes good!)
    So “Bacn” is e-mail that’s better than spam, because you will save it and read it later. I guess “Bacn” applies to most of the e-mails I actually read. I appreciate e-mail because it desn’t require a 42-cent stamp to mail it. And postage goes up to 44 cents on May 11th. :sad:
    Seesixcm6

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top MeLikaDoTheChaCha – Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek!

    Then why is it called bac(o)n :?:
    Baco-bits was already claimed, or what?
    All the bacony goodness vegetarians love
    without the dead animal aftertaste – yum! :mrgreen:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/animalntaz animalntaz

    Bacn….. kind of like Spam, only except it is sent to you by Kevin Bacon! :mrgreen:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/animalntaz animalntaz

    I was going to jokingly wonder what a Ftls (Footloose) would look like, but I just found out that there are actually a few other acronyms for it.

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688?68581 leonard

    Thank you Marina, for our freedom with your site. Procol Harum-Bringing Home The Bacon 45 RPM… :grin: …Big Breakfast 1994 – Bring Home the Bacon

    naked truth…hide behind the barrel, fat school teachers: pork barrowed and eared marked

    Porkie, not miss Piggy :grin:

  • http://www.youtube.com/xxstokjrj1xx John

    he he he he Marina is very possessive, you just haven’t been able to realize it yet, like the antagonist in this film only sneaky http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7zEryxrsGI

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688?68581 leonard

    We’ve got the funk – Lady Waks & Mc Chickaboo @ Creamfields…[soy]…thought i share, the “cha-cha-cha” :mrgreen: :razz: :mrgreen: make it pretty

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688?68581 leonard

    I bet its a cool movie…a bunch of actors being told what to do. :???: :grin: mel gibson the patriot tomahawk fight scenes

    my dad, dated in history…played**^**staged..centered

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688?68581 leonard

    SPAM and backing words in the Kitchen for}}} hotforwords{{{of LEXICON…[baking] … Nerds unite or fight; with delight and might, nite out side of lights…

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top MeLikaDoTheChaCha – Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek!

    There was an old R&B song of same name in my day.. :mrgreen:
    easier to dance to it – heh heh!
    Funk #48
    Funk #49
    heh heh!

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top MeLikaDoTheChaCha – Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek!

    ummm…….. is the porch light on? :mrgreen:
    I wanna see if our flag is still there.

  • http://www.youtube.com/xxstokjrj1xx John

    Night everyone

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/fatbuffalo fatbuffalo

    lol , some of my friends get a lot of bacn and leave it there so the emails pile up . “You have 4956 new emails” :mrgreen:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/cufan71 cufan71

    :?: How many of you remember Sizzlean :?: :grin: That stuff was good :!:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/cufan71 cufan71

    :idea: I think I’ll start calling my email from Hotforwords Sizzlean :!: :mrgreen:

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688?68581 leonard

    Quote
    “Black holes are where God divided by zero.” – Steven Wright

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688?68581 leonard

    Ohio Rocks…Joe is a Kenter :oops: :oops: :oops: Joe Walsh Funk 49 at Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp…heh heh..be good, Doug…HEP HEP!!!

  • http://www.theendoftheinternet.com/ Chemikal

    kthx
    bayee! :)

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688?68581 leonard

    What kind of car you drive?

  • http://www.theendoftheinternet.com/ Chemikal

    None atm…
    Dad’s got Toyota Corolla, and
    I might get a second hand VW Golf IV
    I’d love to drive a Toyota Camry, at least once… :)

  • renlives

    please, if it won’t be a bother, I would like to request the word [fat] and [thin] :oops:

  • mukmika.

    Just a belated thanks, for explaining Commandant last month. I have a funny story related to a commandant, which will keep for later.

  • rockmaniac85

    lolz bacn.. yeah i get like up to 50-100 a day.. and i spend so much time deleting them… good thing google saves up similar entries.. so, comments from the same person will be shown as 1 email rather than gazillion….

    bacn.. nerd word for the day it is then.. thanx marina :)

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    It was totally my pleasure. It’s good to see some of those “life experiences” are good for somebody’s benefit. :roll:

    (the proverbial ‘fire hydrant of useless information’)

  • greatestpotential
  • http://www.youtube.com/xxstokjrj1xx John
  • http://www.techburgh.com techburgh

    The TechBurgh blog was the first blog ever to post about Bacn. I was one of the 4 people who came up with the term at PodCamp Pittsburgh in 2007.
    See the historic post here:
    http://techburgh.com/blog/2007/08/18/what-is-bacn/

    Thanks for mentioning Bacn!

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