flamefest

noun

flamefest

noun

Etymology From flame + -fest.

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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