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flamage, n. Computing slang.
Brit. |ˈfleɪmɪdʒ|, U.S. |ˈfleɪmɪdʒ|
Forms: 19– flamage, 19– flameage
[‹ flame v. + -age suffix. Compare flaming n.]
Vitriolic argument or ranting, esp. via e-mail or in postings to a newsgroup; the action or practice of sending inflammatory, emotive, or abusive e-mail messages. Cf. flame n. and adj., flame v.
1983G. L. Steele et al. Hacker's Dict. 65 When a discussion degenerates into useless controversy, one might tell the participants, ‘Now you're just flaming!’ or ‘Stop all that flamage!’ to get them to cool down. 1992Independent 27 Jan. 21/2 People engaged in flamage are often said to have gone non-linear: ‘Don't mention the drugs problem to Bob or he goes non-linear for hours.’ 1994Personal Computer World Oct. 498/1 One way to invite flameage is to put a SIG at the end of your messages which is longer than about six lines. 1997Long Island Voice (Nexis) 1 Oct. 13 Mailers that don't wrap lines or don't have backspaces are still among us. Using them in public invites flamage. |