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Flamer N. [common] One Who Habitually Flames. Said Esp.
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flamer n.
[common] One who habitually flames.
Said esp. of obnoxious Usenet personalities.
Related:
flamer: n. One who habitually {flame}s. Said esp. of obnoxious {USENET} personalities.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
PFY n. [Usenet; common] Abbreviation for `Pimply-Faced Youth'.
A BOFH in training, esp. one apprenticed to an elder BOFH aged in evil....
flame bait n. [common] A posting intended to trigger a flame war, or one that invites flames in reply.
See also troll....
asbestos cork award n. Once, long ago at MIT, there was a flamer so consistently obnoxious that another hacker designed
had made, and distributed posters announcing that said flamer had been nominated for the `asbestos cork award'....
asbestos cork award: n. Once, long ago at MIT, there was a {flamer} so consistently obnoxious that another hacker designed
had made, and distributed posters announcing that said flamer had been nominated for the `asbestos cork award'....
pain in the net n. A flamer.
MicroDroid: [USENET] n. A Microsoft employee, esp. one who posts to various operating-system advocacy newsgroups.
MicroDroids post follow-ups to any messages critical of Microsoft's operating systems, and often end up sounding like visiting Mormon missionaries....
MicroDroid n. [Usenet] A Microsoft employee, esp.
one who posts to various operating-system advocacy newsgroups....
flamage /flay'm*j/ n. [very common] Flaming verbiage, esp.
high-noise, low-signal postings to Usenet or other electronic fora....