flames

Example Sentences

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“Even one positive conversation would make up for a hundred flamers and trolls,” one fan says.

From Forbes • Apr. 20, 2014

The old guard calls Mueller's rising stars the "blue flamers," which is not a compliment.

From Time • Apr. 28, 2011

They got fired from their jobs, found and lost lovers, tangled with flamers and trolls and navigated celebrity's temptations and perils – all long before the invention of Facebook and Twitter.

From The Guardian • Mar. 13, 2011

Like anyone who dashes off an angry e-mail, the flamers and the virus writers often don't see the consequences of what they're doing.

From Time Magazine Archive

This was originated by the Software Support group at Symbolics because the two greatest flamers in the user community were both named Ken. :kgbvax: /K-G-B'vaks/ /n./

From The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996 by Raymond, Eric S.