| 单词 | flame mail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflame mail flame mail n. Computing slang (as a mass noun) vitriolic or abusive messages sent electronically (esp. by e-mail or as postings to a newsgroup); (as a count noun) such a message, frequently an impulsively angry response to a previous message or a perceived breach of internet etiquette. ΚΠ 1992 USA Today (Nexis) 31 Mar. 1 b As CEO, he [sc. Bill Gates] frequently sends blistering computer messages known as ‘flame mail’ to even his most junior employees. 1994 Guardian 16 June (OnLine section) 4/4 Nobody wants to receive flame-mail from 300 or so angry librarians, camel fanciers or even blue grass enthusiasts. 1997 Computer Weekly 5 June 22/4 Flame mails come in all shapes and sizes: from the extreme cases of sexual harassment, or sex-flames as they are known, to shame-flames, a deliberate flame that has been copied to other colleagues, typically superiors, to belittle the victim in front of others. 2000 C. Locke & D. Weinberger in R. Levine et al. Cluetrain Manifesto vi. 163 The two-hundred-year-long industrial interruption of the human conversation is finally coming to an end... That's what www.cluetrain.com basically had to say..and you should see the flame-mail we got! < as lemmas |
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