Flame Mailとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

flame +‎ mail

名詞

flamemail (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 flamemails)

1. (Internet) Aggressively insulting email.
   • 1998, Public Relations Quarterly (volume 43, page 32)

     Such knee-jerk reactions will usually lead to a volume of unwanted, unnecessary and uncomfortable flamemail directed at you and occasionally every company e-mail address that the Internet rovers can find.

   • 2009, Lynda Macdonald, Tolley's Managing Email & Internet Use (page 32)

     Flamemails may be used as a shield for the manager who lacks the skills of face-to-face communication or for someone who would rather avoid any type of direct confrontation with others.

   • 2013, Tracey Walker, Reputation Matters (page 169)

     A commercial and retail bank employee sends a “flamemail”. The defamatory email details experiences with an identified customer. It is circulated internally, but someone leaks it.