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flame war

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flame war

In computing, heated electronic argument where few good points are made and most of the participants flame each other repeatedly.

Several flame wars have passed into Usenet legend, including the deliberate 1994 invasion of the rec.pets.cats newsgroup by the alt.tasteless newsgroup.



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