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Engaging in hostile, personally aggressive online conflict where attacking the other person matters more than resolving the original disagreement, one of the oldest documented online behavior patterns.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"The thread stopped being about the actual topic once everyone started flaming each other."
LORE & ORIGIN
A foundational term from early Usenet and forum culture, long predating modern social media's version of the same escalation pattern.
FIRST SEEN
1983
PEAK POPULARITY
2026 (Social Media)
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Slang
EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
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TREND STATUS
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CULTURE CATEGORY
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DOCUMENTED SINCE
1983
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