flamer

plural flamers

1. colloquialderogatoryoftenA very flamboyant ("flaming"), effeminate gay male.

   The thinking is Ralston's gay—lots of us Fifth Squadders think he's gay. Me, I think he is, and it don't bother me any. You's queer, you's queer. So he's a flamer—big deal. Or maybe he's a switch-hitter, a bisexual. Who knows?

   2010, Paul Bouchard, A Package at Gitmo, page 78

2. slangcomputingOne who flames, or posts vitriolic criticism.

   Send a note to the flamer. Tell him that his message was inappropriate. Request that he refrain from posting anything like it again.

   1997, Alex J. Packer, Pamela Espeland, How Rude!

3. slanggovernmentA fireball.

   Fellows who didn't enjoy their breakfast unless they'd crept up behind some foolish Hun, put twenty rounds in his petrol tank and made a flamer of him.

   2011, Derek Robinson, Damned Good Show

   1 more example

   A Navy fighter was on the tail of a Jap dive bomber that was headed for the ships in the bay, and he nailed him at about 5,000 feet and made a flamer of him.

   1945, The International Blue Printer, volume 18, page 26

plural Flamers

1. A surname from German.