flamers
Online hostile posters
Flamers is the plural of flamer, an internet slang term for someone who posts hostile, insulting, or provocative messages online, typically in forums, chat rooms, or comment sections.
The term emerged in early internet culture alongside the verb "flame," meaning to attack someone aggressively in digital communication.
The flamers took over the thread and drove away anyone trying to have a reasonable discussion.
Flamer is also an offensive slang term for a gay man, particularly one perceived as flamboyant.
One obsessed with flames
- firebugDeliberate flame-setter
- arsonistOne who illegally ignites
- incendiaryCausing or designed for burning
- torchHandheld burning light source
accelerant · firestarter · burn · ignite · blaze · conflagration · inferno · firetrap
Deliberate online antagonist
- baitingDeliberately trying to provoke
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- provocationAct that triggers response
- incitementProvoking unlawful behavior
harassment · cyberbully · heckler · instigator · agitator · toxic · hostile · antagonist
Portable directed-flame device
- flamethrowerIgnited fuel sprayer
- burnerHeat-producing device component
- torchHandheld burning light source
- pilot lightContinuous ignition source
gas jet · igniter · propane · butane · Bunsen burner · welding torch · lighter · fire starter
pyromaniac
One obsessed with flames
- firebugDeliberate flame-setter
- arsonistOne who illegally ignites
- incendiaryCausing or designed for burning
torch · accelerant · firestarter · burn · ignite · blaze · conflagration · inferno · firetrap · insurance fraud
troll
Deliberate online antagonist
- baitingDeliberately trying to provoke
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- provocationAct that triggers response
incitement · harassment · cyberbully · heckler · instigator · agitator · toxic · hostile · antagonist · goading
blowtorch
Portable directed-flame device
- flamethrowerIgnited fuel sprayer
- burnerHeat-producing device component
- torchHandheld burning light source
pilot light · gas jet · igniter · propane · butane · Bunsen burner · welding torch · lighter · fire starter
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
- digital annoyancesspam, pop-ups, ads, malware, viruses
- internet usersusers, browsers, surfers, daily users, power users
- cybercriminalshacker, hackers, scammer, scammers, phishers
- negativistspessimists, defeatists, doomers, doomsayers, negative Nellies
flamerspeacemakers
Those who resolve conflicts
mediators · bridge-builders · lurkers · encouragers · diplomats
- burst into flamesCatch fire suddenly
- go up in flamesBurn down entirely
- old flameFormer romantic interest
- going down in flamesFailing catastrophically and publicly
- open flameUncovered burning source
- fanning the flamesWorsening a volatile situation