Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/02/03/16:59:58
Dim Zegebart wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I noticed in OpenDOS list a word 'flameware'.
> What does it mean?
> (Sorry, English is not my native language)
The word is "flamewar," and indicates a thread of email or news messages
that has degenerated from the original topic to mindless insults and an
endless repetition of "he said; she said". Individual messages of that
sort are known as "flames;" when you get a whole series of them together
you have a flamewar.
It's not actually an English word, but rather one of many cultural terms
used frequently on the Internet. There are several glossaries out there
somewhere...
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