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/ˈfleɪmɚ/ · noun
(colloquial, often derogatory) A very flamboyant ("flaming"), effeminate gay male..
The thinking is Ralston's gay—lots of us Fifth Squadders think he's gay. Me, I think he is, and it don't bother me any. You's queer, you's queer. So he's a flamer—big deal. Or maybe he's a switch-hitter, a bisexual. Who knows?
Send a note to the flamer. Tell him that his message was inappropriate. Request that he refrain from posting anything like it again.
A Navy fighter was on the tail of a Jap dive bomber that was headed for the ships in the bay, and he nailed him at about 5,000 feet and made a flamer of him.
Fellows who didn't enjoy their breakfast unless they'd crept up behind some foolish Hun, put twenty rounds in his petrol tank and made a flamer of him.
Use flamer when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Flamer means (colloquial, often derogatory) A very flamboyant ("flaming"), effeminate gay male..
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The thinking is Ralston's gay—lots of us Fifth Squadders think he's gay. Me, I think he is, and it don't bother me any. You's queer, you's queer. So he's a flamer—big deal. Or maybe he's a switch-hitter, a bisexual. Who knows?
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