[Usenet] A posting ostentatiously correcting a previous article's
spelling as a way of casting scorn on the point the article was
trying to make, instead of actually responding to that point (compare
{dictionary flame}). Of course, people who are more than usually
slovenly spellers are prone to think any correction is a spelling
flame. It's an amusing comment on human nature that spelling flames
themselves often contain spelling errors.
[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {dictionary flame}]