flamage /flay'm*j/ n.
[very common] Flaming verbiage,
esp. high-noise, low-signal postings to Usenet or other
electronic fora. Often in the phrase `the usual flamage'.
`Flaming' is the act itself; `flamage' the content; a `flame'
is a single flaming message. See flame, also dahmum.
[very common] Flaming verbiage,
esp. high-noise, low-signal postings to Usenet or other
electronic fora. Often in the phrase `the usual flamage'.
`Flaming' is the act itself; `flamage' the content; a `flame'
is a single flaming message. See flame, also dahmum.
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