Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flamelord

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flamelord
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who (habitually) engages in flaming (“vitriolic criticism”) in an online community.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"What I need is to know how to put config.sys and autoexec.bat on a floppy so that I have enough memory. To the flamelords: I know how to put them on a floppy, i want to know what to put in them!"
"My point was, not much of what that guy said, could be refuted very well by pro-choicers, and that the only thing they COULD do was start a flame war[…]. It is a point quite consistent with the above mentioned flamelords, whether it's spelling or not, they're always quick to find SOMETHING to flame about."

Etymology

From flame + -lord.

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

flamelords (plural)

Synonyms

flamer

Questions

What does flamelord mean?: A person who (habitually) engages in flaming (“vitriolic criticism”) in an online community.
Where does flamelord come from?: From flame + -lord.

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