Re: FLAME: Robert Bass, you big Meanie!!!!

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think Robert's definition is closer to the mark than yours

You sure you aren't part homo Frank?

"Frank Olson" <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > fix·a·tion  Pronunciation Key  (fk-sshn) n.
> >
> >    1. The act or process of fixing or fixating.
> >    2. An obsessive preoccupation.
> >    3. Psychology. A strong attachment to a person or thing, especially
> > such an attachment formed in childhood or infancy and manifested in
> > immature or neurotic behavior that persists throughout life.
> >
>
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> flame   Pronunciation Key  (flm) n.
>
> 1. The zone of burning gases and fine suspended matter associated with
> rapid combustion; a hot, glowing mass of burning gas or vapor.
> 2. The condition of active, blazing combustion: burst into flame.
> 3. Something resembling a flame in motion, brilliance, intensity, or
shape.
> 4. A violent or intense passion.
> 5. Informal. A sweetheart.
> 6. Informal. An insulting criticism or remark meant to incite anger, as
> on a computer network.
>
>
> v. flamed, flam·ing, flames
> v. intr.
>
> 1. To burn brightly; blaze.
> 2. To color or flash suddenly: cheeks that flamed with embarrassment.
> 3. Informal. To make insulting criticisms or remarks, as on a computer
> network, to incite anger.
>
>
> v. tr.
>
> 1. To burn, ignite, or scorch (something) with a flame.
> 2. Informal. To insult or criticize provokingly, as on a computer network.
> 3. Obsolete. To excite; inflame.
>
>
> Phrasal Verb:
> flame out
>
> To fail: ?Only a handful of companies have flamed out in the two decades
> since the birth of the [biotech] industry? (Rhonda L. Rundle).
>
>
> [Middle English, from Anglo-Norman flaumbe, variant of Old French
> flambe, from flamble, from Latin flammula, diminutive of flamma. See
> bhel-1 in Indo-European Roots.]
>
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> truth   Pronunciation Key  (trth) n. pl. truths (trthz, trths)
>
> 1. Conformity to fact or actuality.
> 2. A statement proven to be or accepted as true.
> 3. Sincerity; integrity.
> 4. Fidelity to an original or standard.
> 5.
>     1. Reality; actuality.
>     2. often Truth That which is considered to be the supreme reality
> and to have the ultimate meaning and value of existence.
>
>
> [Middle English trewthe, loyalty, from Old English trowth. See deru- in
> Indo-European Roots.]
>
> Synonyms: truth, veracity, verity, verisimilitude
> These nouns refer to the quality of being in accord with fact or
> reality. Truth is a comprehensive term that in all of its nuances
> implies accuracy and honesty: ?We seek the truth, and will endure the
> consequences? (Charles Seymour). Veracity is adherence to the truth:
> ?Veracity is the heart of morality? (Thomas H. Huxley). Verity often
> applies to an enduring or repeatedly demonstrated truth: ?beliefs that
> were accepted as eternal verities? (James Harvey Robinson).
> Verisimilitude is the quality of having the appearance of truth or
> reality: ?merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic
> verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative? (W.S.
> Gilbert).