flamemail
nounEtymology From flame + mail.
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Internet Aggressively insulting email.
- Such knee-jerk reactions will usually lead to a volume of unwanted, unnecessary and uncomfortable flamemail directed at you and occasionally every company e-mail address that the Internet rovers can find.1998, Public Relations Quarterly, volume 43, page 32:
- Flamemails may be used as a shield for the manager who lacks the skills of face-to-face communication or for someone who would rather avoid any type of direct confrontation with others.2009, Lynda Macdonald, Tolley's Managing Email & Internet Use, page 32:
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- A commercial and retail bank employee sends a “flamemail”. The defamatory email details experiences with an identified customer. It is circulated internally, but someone leaks it.2013, Tracey Walker, Reputation Matters, page 169: