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flamefests

flamefests is the plural of flamefest.

Meaning of flamefest

Noun

flamefest (plural flamefests)

  1. (Internet, dated) Large-scale mutual flaming.
    • 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)

Questions about flamefests

What is flamefests the plural of?
Flamefests is the plural of flamefest.

Words near flamefests in the dictionary

  1. flamecrests
  2. flamed
  3. flamed out
  4. flamed up
  5. flamefest
  6. flamefests
  7. flamefish
  8. flameflower
  9. flameflowers
  10. flameful
  11. flamegraph

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