Flaming
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Flaming may refer to:
- Anything set aflame or on fire
- Flaming (Internet), the act of posting deliberately hostile messages on the Internet
- Fläming, a region in Germany
- Flaming, flamer and flamboyant are potentially pejorative adjectives for a gay man or LGBT person whose behavior is reflected in a stereotypical flamboyancy, manner or style (see also gay culture and camp) but also refers to anyone seen as showy, outrageous, eccentric or unique stylistically.[1] This is in reference to the ancient practice of burning gays at the stake.[1]
- "Flaming", a song by Pink Floyd from their album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
- The Flaming Lips, an American music group founded in 1983
- Flaming beverage, various kinds of fire-ignited alcoholic beverages
- Flamethrower, a mechanical device designed to project a long controllable stream of fire
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- ^ a b “Flamgay: How The New York Post Sees The World”, Out (magazine), November 2007, page 21, <http://www.centerp…>