flame war
nounEtymology From flame + war.
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Internet, Dated An argument consisting entirely or largely of flames by various parties that serve only to escalate the dispute.
- Remember, Smokey the Bear says, "Only you can prevent flame wars".2008 July 12, Megan McArdle, “Note to trolls”, in The Atlantic:
- That post was the starting point for a flame war between Linux creator Linus Torvalds and Tanenbaum and a bunch of other enthusiasts, who later became the first Linux developers.2019, Kamran Amini, Extreme C, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 362:
- Related terms
- flame bait