Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flamefest

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flame-fest
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Large-scale mutual flaming.

Dated

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From flame + -fest.

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

flamefests (plural) flame-fest (alternative) flame fest (alternative)

Questions

What does flamefest mean?: Large-scale mutual flaming.
Where does flamefest come from?: From flame + -fest.

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