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Flame Bait N. [common] A Posting Intended To Trigger A Flame War, Or One That Invites Flames In Reply.
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flame bait n.
[common] A posting intended to trigger a
flame war, or one that invites flames in reply. See also
troll.
Related:
flame bait: n. A posting intended to trigger a {flame war}, or one that invites flames in reply.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
asbestos adj. [common] Used as a modifier to anything intended to protect one from flame
also in other highly flame-suggestive usages. See, for example, asbestos longjoh...
oll v.,n. 1. [From the Usenet group alt.folklore.
urban] To utter a posting on Usenet designed to attract predictable responses or flame...
asbestos: adj. Used as a modifier to anything intended to protect one from {flame}
also in other highly {flame}-suggestive usages....
YHBT // [Usenet: very common] Abbreviation: You Have Been Trolled (see troll, sense 1).
Especially used in "YHBT. YHL. HAND.", which is widely understood to expand to "You Have Been Trolled....
flame war n. [common] (var. `flamewar') An acrimonious dispute, especially when conducted on a public electronic forum such as Usenet.
flamage /flay'm*j/ n. [very common] Flaming verbiage, esp.
high-noise, low-signal postings to Usenet or other electronic fora....
et.police: /net-p*-lees'/ n. (var. `net.cops') Those USENET readers who feel it is their responsibility to pounce on and {flame} any posting which they regard as offensive or in violation of their understanding of {netiquette}.
Generally used sarcastically or pejoratively. Also spelled `net police'....
et.police /net-p*-lees'/ n. (var. `net.cops') Those Usenet readers who feel it is their responsibility to pounce on and flame any posting which they regard as offensive or in violation of their understanding of netiquette.
Generally used sarcastically or pejoratively. Also spelled `net police'....