Pred

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  pred // [Usenet; orig. fr Oxford University] Abbreviation for
     "predictable", used to signify or preempt reponses that are extremely
     predictable but have to be filled in for the sake of form (the phrase is
     bracketed by ...). 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.