flamefest

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noun

Large-scale mutual flaming.

First used 1985Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounflamefest (plural flamefests)

plural flamefests · alternative flame-fest · alternative flame fest

  1. InternetdatedLarge-scale mutual flaming.First known use 1985

    For example, if I am engaged in a flamefest on an Arpanet discussion group, I sometimes check on my target until he appears to have logged out and gone to bed.

    1985 June 26, Les Earnest, “Finger follies and the value of anonymity”, in fa.human-nets (Usenet)

Origin

From flame + -fest.

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flamefest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flamefest

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Chicago

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