From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: What is flameware ?
Date:	Mon, 03 Feb 1997 15:11:33 -0800
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Dim Zegebart wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I noticed in OpenDOS list a word 'flameware'.
> What does it mean?
> (Sorry, English is not my native language)

The word is "flamewar," and indicates a thread of email or news messages
that has degenerated from the original topic to mindless insults and an
endless repetition of "he said; she said".  Individual messages of that
sort are known as "flames;" when you get a whole series of them together
you have a flamewar.

It's not actually an English word, but rather one of many cultural terms
used frequently on the Internet.  There are several glossaries out there
somewhere...

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