>>It was FLAMEBAIT, Fernando!
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>Sorry Jerry, but in both english to portuguese dictionaries I have, couldn't find the word FLAMEBAIT. I found FLAME and found BAIT. Is flamebait a kind of bait someone uses to call for flame (to put fire on)?
Flame is something which often happens on messageboards; it's when someone starts a thread of messages with a flammable subject, with the goal to start a long and hot dispute. Maybe there's an entry on "flame wars" somewhere in some hakers' or online slang dictionary.
Flamebait would thus be the message used to start such a dispute.