alt.flamer

English

Etymology

Blend of alt.flame +‎ flamer. Equivalent to alt.flame +‎ -er.

Noun

alt.flamer (plural alt.flamers)

1. (Internet slang) A participant in the Usenet newsgroup alt.flame.
   • 1996 February 12, Andrew W Beckwith, “What the hell? An alt.flamer moderating alt.bigfoot?????????????”, in alt.flame‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-17:

     Now, I experienced the bogfart bot invasion of alt.flame in 1994. Sadly, the U. of Pitt server DOES NOT include alt.bogfart newsgroup,But, Wait, JOHN D. AN ALT.FLAMER, MODERATING ALT.BOGFART?

   • 1999 November 16, Kerro, “First word about the 1999 alt.flame Awards”, in alt.flame‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-17:

     How about alt.flamer with the worst joke-book? ANS.
     Alt.flamer most often *plonked* by ANS. Dobbs.

   • 2005 December 19, The U.S. Constitution, “On why every Bawler is a rank newbie”, in alt.troll‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-17:

     1992: The current alt.flamer with the longest tenure first posts to alt.flame.