Etymology

Blend of alt.flameCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#ALT.FLAMER +‎ flamerCategory:English blends#ALTFLAMER. Equivalent to alt.flameCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#ALT.FLAMER +‎ -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er (occupation)#ALTFLAMER.

Noun

alt.flamer (plural alt.flamers)Category:English lemmas#ALTFLAMERCategory:English nouns#ALTFLAMERCategory:English countable nouns#ALTFLAMERCategory:English terms spelled with .#ALTFLAMERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ALTFLAMERCategory:Pages with entries#ALT.FLAMERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ALT.FLAMER

1. (Internet slangCategory:English internet slang#ALTFLAMER) A participant in the Usenet newsgroup alt.flame.
   • 1996 February 12, Andrew W Beckwith, “What the hell? An alt.flamer moderating alt.bigfoot?????????????”, in alt.flame‎ (Usenet), retrieved 17 May 2022:

     Now, I experienced the bogfart bot invasion of alt.flame in 1994. Sadly, the U. of Pitt server DOES NOT include alt.bogfart newsgroup,But, Wait, JOHN D. AN ALT.FLAMER, MODERATING ALT.BOGFART?

     Category:English terms with quotations#ALTFLAMER

   • 1999 November 16, Kerro, “First word about the 1999 alt.flame Awards”, in alt.flame‎ (Usenet), retrieved 17 May 2022:

     How about alt.flamer with the worst joke-book? ANS.
     Alt.flamer most often *plonked* by ANS. Dobbs.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ALTFLAMER

   • 2005 December 19, The U.S. Constitution, “On why every Bawler is a rank newbie”, in alt.troll‎ (Usenet), retrieved 17 May 2022:

     1992: The current alt.flamer with the longest tenure first posts to alt.flame.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ALTFLAMER