Flamer

What does flamer mean?

A person who angers other Internet users

A flamer is a person who enjoys flaming others, which involves purposely angering other Internet users. It commonly involves using profane insults to attack others when gaming, chatting, or posting in forums online.

A flamer is similar to a troll and griefer as it involves making people angry online. An expert flamer is one who targets other people who care about divisive issues such as religion and politics and makes statements to get a rise out of them.

Example

"That flamer was too much for me.
Yeah I had to leave the forum when he started talking about Trump."
Flamers may make you punch a hole in your computer

Flamers may make you punch a hole in your computer

Related Slang

TrollA person who posts offensive comments
GrieferAn irritating player
ThreadjackingSteering a discussion away from the original topic
DerailTo take a discussion off topic
SAMAGALStop annoying me and get a life
GamerA video game player

Usage

✓ Online Chat
✓ Online Gaming
✓ Web Forums

Last Updated: August 17, 2016

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