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flamefest en · NOUN

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Etymology

From flame + -fest.

Meanings

1. (Internet, dated) Large-scale mutual flaming.
   • For example, if I am engaged in a flamefest on an Arpanet discussion group, I sometimes check on my target until he appears to have logged out and gone to bed. 1985 June 26, Les Earnest, “Finger follies and the value of anonymity”, in fa.human-nets (Usenet):

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