What Does This Mean?
Brazilian Portuguese internet and gaming slang meaning to insult or verbally attack someone online, especially in chat or comment threads; the person doing it is a "flamer". It is a derogatory behaviour, described here as a term and not endorsed.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
""Parem de flamar o novato, ele só errou uma jogada", wrote a teammate in the chat."
LORE & ORIGIN
Adapted from English "flame", the internet term for a deliberately hostile message, with the Portuguese -ar ending. Portuguese Wikipedia defines "flaming" as a message sent over the internet with the deliberate intent to insult someone. No dated first use of the Portuguese verb is documented.
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