Meaning Flame
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A mass of gas undergoing rapid combustion, generally accompanied by evolution of sensible heat and incandescence.Light given off by burning gasses during the combustion process. 
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To send messages through the internet which are designed to offend or annoy somebody, normally through conversations held on message boards or chat forums.
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To send a rude or unacceptable message by e-mail, or to post a message on an Internet forum which is offensive or inciteful.
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Middle English flaumen, also flaumben, flomben, flamben, flamen, flammen, c. 1300 (implied in flaming "to shine (like fire), gleam, sparkle like flames;" mid-14c. as "emit flames, be af [..]
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Middle English flaume, also flaumbe, flambe, flame, flamme, mid-14c., "a flame;" late 14c., "a flaming mass, a fire; fire in general, fire as an element;" also figurative, in refer [..]
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Copyright by Matisse "Flame" Enzer -->Originally, "flame" meant to carry forth in a passionate manner in the spirit of honorable debate. Flames most often involved the use of fl [..]
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 Originally, flame meant to carry on a fierce
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To write angry or insulting words about a person. It is most often applied to newsgroups, but it can apply to mailing lists, message boards, instant messaging, and other forms of public messaging.
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fire: the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries" flare: shi [..]
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Definition A Flame is an extremely angry and obnoxious email or message that has no valid content or criticism and is generally a direct personal attack on someone. This type of messages sometimes lea [..]
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the bright fire that leaps from something burning
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To send nasty or insulting messages, usually in response to someone's having broken the rules of Internet etiquette (called netiquette).
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To heap written abuse on other computer users or to excessively criticize them for their ideas, spelling, grammar, etc. Flaming is considered impolite, juvenile behavior, but it is not uncommon in some newsgroups.
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1. vi. To post an email message intended to insult and provoke. 2. vi. To speak incessantly and/or rabidly on some relatively uninteresting subject or with a patently ridiculous attitude. 3. vt. Eithe [..]
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Internet Glossary Personal verbal attacks on other Internet users, via e-mail, USENET, or mailing lists. Flame wars occur when a series of flames are sent back and forth between two or more people.
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Definition
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The term used to describe the posting of angry and insulting messages by e-mail or to a Newsgroup. Quite often the messages are harsh and personal.
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1. (n.) A searing e-mail, bulletin board or newsgroup message in which the writer attacks another participant in overly harsh, and often personal, terms. Flames are an unfortunate, but inevitable, ele [..]
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An extremely sophisticated strain of malware that shares similarities with Stuxnet, although Flame is much more massive in terms of complexity and size, at 30MB or larger when all modules have been in [..]
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flam
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To communicate via e-mail in an angry, sarcastic, or critical tone. A protracted dispute in a newsgroup or mailing list discussion is known as a flame war. Such disputes are usually mediated or termin [..]
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To dream of fighting flames, foretells that you will have to put forth your best efforts and energy if you are successful in amassing wealth. See Fire.   
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A region in which chemical interaction between gases occurs, accompanied by the evolution of light and heat
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Verb. To verbally attack someone via an e-mail.
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1. To send angry or critical mail to someone via E-Mail or a Newsgroup. Keep in mind as technology advances, you are leaving a fingerprint that is traceable on your mail. 2. An offensive or insulting E-Mail or Usenet News message, often the result of an error in netiquette. 3. A public post or E-Mail message that expresses a strong opinion or criti [..]
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Originally, to "flame" meant to debate in a passionate manner, often involving the use of flowery language. More recently, flame has come to refer to any kind of derogatory or inflammatory c [..]
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An abusive or personal attack on another user.
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Originally, "flame" meant to carry forth in a passionate manner in the spirit of honorable debate. Flames most often involved the use of flowery language and flaming well was an art [..]
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A mean or hurtful e-mail message.
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A nasty piece of e-mail or comment in a newsgroup, usually in response to a newsgroup posting that offended someone.
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Outraged, derogatory email, usually sent by self-righteous, over-opinionated Net users over Usenet newsgroups or mailing lists. These can degenerate into flame wars where raging, incoherent back and f [..]
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Flaming usually means personally attacking fellow debaters in a newsgroup forum. It can also mean posting outrageous inflamatory statements designed merely to get a rise out of people. A signficicant [..]
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A message that 'burns' the person it is directed at, mostly publicly. Often random and pointless, especially in newsgroups.
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Originally, flame meant to carry forth in a passionate manner in the spirit of honorable debate. Flames most often involved the use of flowery language and flaming well was an art form. More recently [..]
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Originally Flame meant to carry forth in a passionate manner in the spirit of honable debate. Flames most often involved the use of flowery language and flaming well was an art form. More recently Fla [..]
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{v] to post a series of highly inflammatory insulting comments, often using profanity
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A term applied to a hostile or abusive E-mail or forum posting. flame war
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Originally, "flame" meant to carry forth in a passionate manner in the spirit of honorable debate. Flames most often involved the use of flowery language, and "flaming well" was an art form. More recently, "flame" has come to refer to any kind of derogatory comment, no matter how witless or crud [..]
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A strong opinion or criticism of something, usually as a frank inflammatory statement, in an electronic mail message.
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(n) the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke(v) shine with a sudden light(v) be in flames or aflame(v) criticize harshly, usually via an electronic [..]
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A public post or email message that expresses a strong opinion or criticism. Flames can be fun when they allow people to vent their feelings, then return to the topic at hand. Others are simply insulting and can lead to flame wars.
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flamma
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A sweetheart. “An old flame,” a quondam sweetheart. In Latin, flamma is used for love, and so is feu in French. Ardeo, to burn like fire, is also applied to the passion of love; henc [..]
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To send a harsh, critical email message to another user, usually someone who has violated the rules of netiquette. May be used as a verb or a noun.
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a text message that angrily attacks another person or point of view. Flames can be private e-mail messages exchanged between people but usually are public messages posted in online discussion groups. [..]
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a luminous body of burning gas or vapor.
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  'Flame' is abusive communication by E-mail or posting to a newsgroup, which attacks an individual or organisation for some real or imagined grievance. The real problem is broader than that of a few rude e-mails: flame represents the anarchistic side of the Internet. The flame may start with only one abusive message, but it is broadcast [..]
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The Flame cyber-espionage malware makes use of a previously unknown cryptographic attack variant that according to some reports, required world-class cryptanalysis to develop. The cryptographic attack [..]
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Setting a drink on fire. Sambucca is often lit on fire to heat it up before putting the flame out and drinking it. Another common method is to use 151-proof rum which is very flammable. It’s not recom [..]
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A cocktail that is lit on fire as it is served for visual effect. A high proof liquor is floated on top in order to achieve this effect. This is a trick that should only be preformed by experienced bartenders, as it can be very dangerous if not done the correct way. Don't use a chilled glass for this effect. Always light the liquor with a matc [..]
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A flame is an insulting and hostile comment made by one online poster against another user in an online setting. This commonly happens in forums, message boards, game lobbies or any place online where [..]
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This symbol represents a lamp or brazier on a stand from which a flame emerges. Fire was embodied in the sun and in its symbol the uraeus which spit fire. Fire also plays a part in the Egyptian concep [..]
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refers to inflammatory (rude, cruel, mean, hateful, unjust) remarks made about an author or their work. Not all criticism is automatically a flame, but it can be subjective to the author's sensit [..]
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The Immortal Flames
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Glowing mass of gas produced during combustion.
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Fleming (native or inhabitant of Flanders)
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