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flame Last modified: Wednesday, April 16, 2003
(n.) A searing e-mail or newsgroup message in which the writer attacks another participant in overly harsh, and often personal, terms. Flames are an unfortunate, but inevitable, element of unmoderated conferences. (v.) To post a flame.
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