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

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People wearing spandex superhero outfits shouldn't cast stones :-)

Mark Leuck wrote:
> 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 messa=
ge
> news:45pkf.27108$Gd6.9848@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > fix=B7a=B7tion  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.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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=B7ing, 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 netwo=
rk.
> > 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.]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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).