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   [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.