Date: August 10th, 2018 9:35 AM
Author: chest-beating carnelian elastic band
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intr. slang (orig. and chiefly Computing). To rant, argue, or harangue, esp. via an electronic medium (such as e-mail or postings to a newsgroup); to send an inflammatory, abusive, or (esp. in early use) inconsequential e-mail or posting, usually as a hasty response or in a rapid, angry exchange. Also trans.: to send (a person) such a message. Cf. flame n. and adj.
1981 CoEvolution Q. Spring 31/1 Flame, to speak incessantly and/or rabidly on some relatively uninteresting subject or with a patently ridiculous attitude.
1989 PC Mar. 181/1 You shoulda been there. People were really flaming.
1989 PC Mar. 181/3 Flame (verb) has two meanings that refer to a loss of control at the keyboard. The first definition is ‘to argue or complain vigorously with another by using a computer’... The second definition is ‘to communicate via computer rapidly and obsessively on subjects both significant and trivial’.
1994 Internet World July 31/1 He's been flamed publicly..and the other New York providers raise an eyebrow when asked about the system.
2000 Out Nov. 26/3 Not to flame, but the female model you had in your ‘The Great Escape’ layout is one of the harshest, most ill-proportioned women I have ever seen.
http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/71018
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4038672&forum_id=2#36591200)