Back-acne, acne on the back
by Anne June 16, 2003
by Moose69 July 26, 2008
by spermfarm July 29, 2005
It’s any email you receive that isn’t spam, but isn’t exactly a personal message either. Your electronic phone bill is bacn. Your Google alerts are bacn.
Bacn. It’s better than spam.
Coined by Chris Brogan
Bacn. It’s better than spam.
Coined by Chris Brogan
When you receive email that Geek is now following you on Twitter and Jennifer Gold just wrote on your Facebook wall, that’s bacn (pronounced “bacon”).
by Zzaphod1 August 22, 2007
Low-priority email that is somewhere between the spam & personal email that enters your inbox every day. Examples include account alerts, newsletters, payment receipts and twitter requests. Bacn differentiates itself from spam in that it's email that you probably want to receive, but just don't have the time to deal with right now, and it has become an increasing problem in the age of web 2.0 & online social networking.
The term was coined by folks at the PodCamp Pittsburgh 2 Conference on or around August 19th, 2007.
More info here: http://www.bacn2.com/
The term was coined by folks at the PodCamp Pittsburgh 2 Conference on or around August 19th, 2007.
More info here: http://www.bacn2.com/
Joe: Dude, I missed my brother's bar mitzvah because I spent the day reading through all the bacn in my inbox.
Danny: You're such a tool.
Joe: Can't... stop. Too weak... to manage alerts. Must... label... auto-archive... cut the fat.
Danny: You're such a tool.
Joe: Can't... stop. Too weak... to manage alerts. Must... label... auto-archive... cut the fat.
by akshay_s August 23, 2007
the disturbing acne found on a person's back...not to be confused with chacne which is found on the chest
by Innasense January 28, 2005