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• flame bait n. [common] A posting intended to trigger a flame war, or one that invites flames in reply.
  See also troll....
• flame bait: n. A posting intended to trigger a {flame war}, or one that invites flames in reply.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• 0496 Have you ever posted a flame? 0497 ... Ever flame a cross-posting?
  0498 ... Ever flame a flame? 0499 ... Do you flame regularly? -- from THE HACKER TEST...
• A good number of you who are reading this material have a library book that has been overdue since 1974.
  Please return it immediately if not sooner....
• Ob- /ob/ pref. Obligatory. A piece of netiquette acknowledging that the author has been straying from the newsgroup's charter topic.
  For example, if a posting in alt.sex is a response to a part of someone else's posting that has nothing particularly to do with sex, the author may append `ObSex' (or `Obsex') and toss off a question or vignette about some unusual erotic act....
• Ob-: /ob/ pref. Obligatory. A piece of {netiquette} acknowledging that the author has been straying from the newsgroup's charter topic.
  For example, if a posting in alt.sex is a response to a part of someone else's posting that has nothing particularly to do with sex, the author may append `ObSex' (or `Obsex') and toss off a question or vignette about some unusual erotic act....
• kremvax /krem-vaks/ n. [from the then large number of Usenet VAXen with names of the form foovax] Originally
  a fictitious Usenet site at the Kremlin, announced on April 1, 1984 in a posting ostensibly originated there by Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko....
• Jargon Coiner (#2) An irregular feature that aims to give you advance warning of new jargon that we've just made up.
  * SLASHDUP EFFECT, THE: Accidentally posting two or more duplicate comments to Slashdot, usually as the result of hitting ENTER at the wrong time or fumbling with the Preview option....
• SMILEY i-=<****** o-(==< CAUTION: has flame thrower and uses it!