flamefest

English

Alternative forms

• flame-fest, flame fest

Etymology

From flame +‎ -fest.

Pronunciation

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Noun

flamefest (plural flamefests)

1. (Internet slang, dated) Large-scale mutual flaming. [from 1985]
   • 1985 June 26, Les Earnest, “Finger follies and the value of anonymity”, in fa.human-nets‎ (Usenet):

     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.