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Flame

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verb. To ‘flame’ someone is to make a hostile intemperate remark, usually of a personal nature. Also see: Flame War

Usage: “Andrew has seriously flamed Brian over his views on abortion again”

June 6th, 2003 | Comments are closed

Flame war

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noun. A hostile exchange of views via the Internet characterised by highly intemperate language.

(This term is by no means exclusive to blogs and is found in wide use throughout the Internet)

June 6th, 2003 | Comments are closed

Froglogs

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noun. Francophone blogs.

September 17th, 2002 | Comments are closed

Fact-check (your ass)

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verb. To use Internet search engines to ascertain the veracity of dubious claims made in the press.

(coined by Ken Layne)

Usage: “We can fact-check your ass!”

September 14th, 2002 | Comments are closed

Fisk

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verb. To deconstruct an article on a point by point basis in a highly critical manner. Derived from the name of journalist Robert Fisk, a frequent target of such critical articles in the blogosphere (qv).

Usage: “Orrin Judd did a severe fisking of an idiotic article in the New York Times today…”

September 13th, 2002 | Comments are closed