bacn

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

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.
   • 2008, Bill Young, Webplicity 2 0: The Critical Guide to Successful Web Strategies‎, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 100:

     Examples of bacn email are: bank statement notifications, e-news alerts from companies, newsletters ...

   • 2010, Gina Trapani, Upgrade Your Life: The Lifehacker Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, Better‎, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 35:

     In other words, they're messages that you want to read eventually, just not right now. Clearing away the bacon automatically can help you drill down to what's important more quickly.

   • 2011, Ryan Teeter, Karl Barksdale, Google Apps for Dummies‎, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

     Rather than let bacn accumulate and ruin an otherwise pleasant day, ...

   • 2011 March 9, John D. Sutter, “Google 'smart labels' aim to de-stress e-mail”, in CNN‎, retrieved 2013-03-16:

     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.

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