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FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships.
It appears to serve the same purpose as certain signs that one sees and vacant lots in London -- "Rubbish may be shot here....
flag: n. A variable or quantity that can take on one of two value
a bit, particularly one that is used to indicate one of two outcomes or is used to control which of two things is to be done....
Flag of the free heart's hope and home! By angel hands to valour given!
Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven....
Flagpole sitters do it in the air.
Flair is what marks the difference between artistry and mere competence.
-- Riker, "Time Squraed," stardate 42679.2....
flake: weird, erratic climber. -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982
Flaky.
flaky: adj. (var sp. `flakey') Subject to frequent {lossage}.
This use is of course related to the common slang use of the word to describe a person as eccentric, crazy, or just unreliable....
Flamage and Commercialism > /dev/null
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; `...

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