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• flamer n. [common] One who habitually flames. Said esp. of obnoxious Usenet personalities.
• asbestos cork award: n. Once, long ago at MIT, there was a {flamer} so consistently obnoxious that another hacker designed
  had made, and distributed posters announcing that said flamer had been nominated for the `asbestos cork award'....
• pain in the net: n. A {flamer}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• etrock: /net'rok/ [IBM] n. A {flame}; used esp. on VNET, IBM's internal corporate network.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• flamage: /flay'm*j/ n. 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...
• flame bait: n. A posting intended to trigger a {flame war}, or one that invites flames in reply.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• dictionary flame: [USENET] n. An attempt to sidetrack a debate away from issues by insisting on meanings for key terms that presuppose a desired conclusion or smuggle in an implicit premise.
  A common tactic of people who prefer argument over definitions to disputes about reality....
• MicroDroid: [USENET] n. A Microsoft employee, esp. one who posts to various operating-system advocacy newsgroups.
  MicroDroids post follow-ups to any messages critical of Microsoft's operating systems, and often end up sounding like visiting Mormon missionaries....
• flame war: n. (var. `flamewar') An acrimonious dispute, especially when conducted on a public electronic forum such as {USENET}.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...