先有垃圾郵件，現有培根郵件。似乎兩種都不怎么招人待見。今天，咱們就來說說這個“培根郵件”。

First there was spam. Now there is bacn (pronounced "bacon"), the latest buzzword to infiltrate the Internet.

剛開始是垃圾郵件，現在又來了個培根郵件。培根郵件（bacn）是目前互聯網上無處不在的一個熱門詞匯。

According to the bloggers who invented the term, bacn is e-mail you want to read — just not now. It's Facebook notifications, bank statements, Google news alerts, or any of the other sundry e-mails that you asked for, yet quickly pile up unread—like a week's worth of newspapers.

發明該詞的博主給出的定義是：培根郵件是你想看的郵件，只不過不是馬上就看的那種。培根郵件可能是來自Facebook的新提醒、銀行帳戶的變動通知、谷歌發送的新聞提示，以及其它各類你自己訂閱的郵件。這些未讀郵件會迅速堆積起來，就像積了一周的報紙放在一起。

Bacn is so-named because it's better than spam, but not as good as a personal e-mail. And unlike spam, bacn is self-inflicted. You signed up for it, and you actually do want that information. But yet it still feels like it's wasting your time.

另取名為“bacn（培根）”，是因為這類郵件并沒有垃圾郵件那么煩人，但也不像個人郵件那么討人喜歡。而且，跟垃圾郵件不同的是，培根郵件是用戶自發訂閱的。你注冊訂閱了這些郵件，你也確實需要郵件中提供的信息。只是你仍然會覺得閱讀這些郵件是在浪費時間。

相關閱讀

Snail mail已經過時了嗎

日漸風靡的“性短信” sexting

你會用“短信文”嗎

（中國日報網英語點津 Helen）

點擊查看更多英語習語和新詞