flame-o-gram
n.— «Harrison said Tuesday he had seen the e-mail. “It’s what I call a flame-o-gram,” he said, adding that he does not expect to respond to it.» —“Woman Cheats Death at MCH” by Glenn Barr Mountain-News (Lake Arrowhead) June 24, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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