From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!hou5f!hou5b!hou5c!hou5e!hou5a!hou5d!houxz!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!mcewan Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: Re: where does the word 'flame' come fro - (nf) Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.1551 Posted: Wed Feb 23 16:47:14 1983 Received: Thu Feb 24 02:14:18 1983 #R:utcsrgv:-108400:uiucdcs:19000010:000:201 uiucdcs!mcewan Feb 23 15:17:00 1983 I imagine that the person who first used the phrasewas a Fantastic Four fan. I guess that he or she used this phrase because was too long to type. Scott McEwan :-)