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Flame

Perry de Havilland (London) — Fri, 06 Jun 2003 22:38:30 +0000

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”

Flame war

Perry de Havilland (London) — Fri, 06 Jun 2003 22:31:23 +0000

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)

Froglogs

Perry de Havilland (London) — Tue, 17 Sep 2002 01:20:47 +0000

noun. Francophone blogs.

Fact-check (your ass)

Perry de Havilland (London) — Sat, 14 Sep 2002 02:31:29 +0000

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!”

Fisk

Perry de Havilland (London) — Fri, 13 Sep 2002 14:29:02 +0000

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…”