flamagen.
/ˈfleɪmɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈfleɪmɪdʒ/ Computing slang.
Vitriolic argument or ranting, esp. via email or in postings to a newsgroup; the action or practice of sending inflammatory, emotive, or abusive email messages. Cf. flame n., flame v.
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1983 G. 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.
1992 Independent 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.’
1994 Personal 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.
1997 Long 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.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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