flamer
/ˈfleɪmɚ/noun
flamer is a derogatory noun meaning “A very flamboyant ("flaming"), effeminate gay male” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-A-M-E-R and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of flamer is flamers.
What does flamer mean?
noun
- 1
colloquialderogatoryA very flamboyant ("flaming"), effeminate gay male.
- 2
slangOne who flames, or posts vitriolic criticism.
- 3
slangA fireball.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce flamer?
- US /ˈfleɪmɚ/
Flamer has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-flamer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of flamer
- flamers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is flamer?
Flamer appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does flamer come from?
From flame + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).