Pelling Flame: [USENET] N. A Posting Ostentatiously Correcting A
Previous Article's Spelling As A Way Of Casting Scorn On The Point
The Article Was Trying To Make
:spelling flame: [USENET] n. A posting ostentatiously correcting a
previous article's spelling as a way of casting scorn on the point
the article was trying to make, instead of actually responding to
that point (compare {dictionary flame}). Of course, people who
are more than usually slovenly spellers are prone to think
*any* correction is a spelling flame. It's an amusing comment
on humAn nature that spelling flames themselves often contain
spelling errors.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
