Flaming, also known as bashing, is hostile and insulting interaction between Internet users, often involving the use of profanity.

Jenkins mentions use of the word in book titles including Life among the Moonies and Escape from the Moonies, and comments: " These titles further illustrate how the derogatory term ' Moonie ' became a standard for members of this denomination, in a way that would have been inconceivable for any of the insulting epithets that could be applied to, say, Catholics or Jews.

Joking and insulting synonyms were also commonly found in use among rival or allied bands.

The English quickly established a simple insulting use for the tune, where the first two syllables were used for a variety of rude expressions, e. g. " Bollocks ", then followed by "... and the same to you.

Jews today who subscribe to Pharisaic Judaism typically find this insulting and some consider the use of the word to be anti-Semitic.

As a political supporter of the Queen and old enemy of the Minister, Dupin also hopes that D — will try to use the power he no longer has, to his political downfall, and at the end be presented with an insulting note that implies Dupin was the thief: Un dessein si funeste, S ' il n ' est digne d ' Atrée, est digne de Thyeste ( If such a sinister design isn't worthy of Atreus, it is worthy of Thyestes ).

In response, Savage agreed to stop using the words retard and retarded and to use in their place leotard and leotarded, respectively, stating that he would then be insulting the physically fit rather than those with disabilities.

In the past deaf-mute was regarded as a socially acceptable term, usually to describe deaf people who use sign language, but in modern times, the term is frequently viewed as derogatory, insensitive, insulting, inaccurate or socially and politically incorrect.

The British use of non-English speaking foreign troops to put down the rebellion was seen as insulting, as it treated British subjects no differently than non-British subjects.

Sometimes foreigners visiting the countries mentioned above use the " two-fingered salute " without knowing it is offensive to the natives, for example when ordering two beers in a noisy pub, or in the case of the United States president George H. W. Bush, who, while touring Australia in 1992, attempted to give a " peace sign " to a group of farmers in Canberra — who were protesting about U. S. farm subsidies — and instead gave the insulting V sign.

The first unambiguous evidence of the use of insulting V sign in England dates to 1901, when a worker outside Parkgate ironworks in Rotherham used the gesture ( captured on the film ) to indicate that he did not like being filmed.

Later books began to use the term Formic almost exclusively, with the explanation being Bugger is the insulting term, while Formic is the more scientific term.

While some Oklahomans refer to themselves as Okies without prejudice, and it is often used jocularly ; in a manner similar to the use of Hoosier by Indianans, Yankee by Northeasterners, or " Cracker " by native Floridians, none of whom consider these terms particularly insulting when applied to themselves.

They, along with Commanders Lisa Hayes and Claudia Grant, occasionally also had the insulting collective nickname, " Gloval's Harem ," but anyone foolish enough to use it in Grant's presence usually regretted it.

As a final insulting gesture to Sony Music and the Labour Government who he had now fallen out with, one of McGee's last acts as Creation Records boss was to use £ 20, 000 of Creation's money to fund Malcolm McLaren, in what was known in the media as Malcolm for Mayor, to run for Mayor of London.

News headlines were made in New Zealand after a female Inuk tourist from Canada alleged that the use of ' Eskimo ' was racially insulting.

The use of " Jana Gana Mana " during the film was met with criticism from a certain section of the audiences, and politicians of the Bharatiya Janata Party, for being " out-of-context " and " insulting the national pride ".

Niles was known for his frequent use of deadpan one-liners, usually insulting character C. C.

* disseminate, publicly make accessible, produce, obtain, supply, stock, offer, announce, commend, undertakes to import or export, or facilitate such use by another of written materials that assaults the human dignity of others by insulting, maliciously maligning or defaming segments of the population or a previously indicated group

Richardson became known for insulting, threatening or even using violence against visitors who tried to use his driveway.

However, they also suggested that some of the blame should be put on one of the English professionals, who " made use of a grossly insulting remark to the crowd about their being nothing but ' sons of convicts '".

On March 3, 1986 on Nicaraguan television d ' Escoto gave a speech publicly insulting and condemning Bishop Obando y Bravo for not siding with the Sandinista regime against the Contras: " There is no word uttered by human mouth, no adjective that we could use to truly describe the horror produced by this brother of ours.

Brownmiller later said that when she wrote the article, she had intended to use a humorous quip to distance herself from Friedan's homophobia ( Jay 140, Brownmiller 82 ), but some lesbian feminists ( especially Michela Griffo ) took her remarks as " a scathing put-down " ( Brownmiller 82 ) and " evidence of Susan's homophobia or closet homosexuality -- that is, that she was trying to distance herself from lesbians by insulting us " ( Jay 140 )— because they felt that the quip dismissed lesbians as an insignificant part of the movement, or lesbian issues as unnecessary distractions from the important issues.

Prejudiced wizards ( such as Umbridge ) often use the insulting term half-breed to refer to mixed-species wizards and werewolves, or other beings such as House elves, merpeople and centaurs ( who are separate species ) because of their part-human and part-beast appearances and " near-human intelligence ".

With threatening sexually transmitted infections, not least HIV, use of barrier contraception has become imperative.

Not until the 13th century in Germany did hops begin to start threatening the use of gruit for flavoring.

The PRC has an extensive missile build-up near Taiwan and passed an Anti-Secession Law in 2005 threatening to use force.

It was alleged that Sergius managed to get the consent of the Roman clergy at the synod by threatening them with exile, violence or through the use of bribery.

Another variant some states use with the " continuous clock " rule allows coaches and game officials to choose to end a game at their own discretion any time during the second half, especially if a lopsided margin continues to increase or threatening weather strikes.

Ellingson argues that the term " noble savage ", an oxymoron, is a derogatory one, which those who oppose " soft " or romantic primitivism use to discredit ( and intimidate ) their supposed opponents, whose romantic beliefs they feel are somehow threatening to civilization.

Druids take less damage and appear to be more threatening to monsters while in Bear form, and they can use relatively low damage but high threat physical abilities like Maul or Lacerate, or they can Swipe multiple targets to generate threat on all of them, making Bears suitable for tanking.

Jasper Fforde included Humpty Dumpty in two of his novels, The Well of Lost Plots ( 2003 ) and The Big Over Easy ( 2005 ), which use him respectively as a ringleader of dissatisfied nursery rhyme characters threatening to strike and as the victim of a murder.

On August 19, 2007, the American Psychology Association ( APA ) voted to bar participation, to intervene to stop, and to report involvement in a wide variety of interrogation techniques as torture, including " using mock executions, simulated drowning, sexual and religious humiliation, stress positions or sleep deprivation ", as well as " the exploitation of prisoners ' phobias, the use of mind-altering drugs, hooding, forced nakedness, the use of dogs to frighten detainees, exposing prisoners to extreme heat and cold, physical assault and threatening the use of such techniques against a prisoner or a prisoner's family.

The chorus then returns in a threatening posture, and Astaire proceeds to dispatch them all, using an inventive series of actions miming the cane's use as a gun, a submachine gun, a rifle and, finally, a bow and arrow.

When it was discovered that the size of the bells could cause the entire building to vibrate, threatening its structural integrity, they were taken out of use.

The first task was to kill a lion that was threatening the neighborhood without use of any weapons.

Wacko then more or less kidnapped Gosalyn and Honker and held them hostage, threatening to use the seismospheres, but he was stopped by the combined forces of Darkwing Duck and Captain Big Nasty.

Indeed, with fear and terror I imagine the time, when those dark iconoclasts come to power: with their raw fists they will batter all marble images of my beloved world of art, they will ruin all those fantastic anecdotes that the poets loved so much, they will chop down my Laurel forests and plant potatoes and, oh !, the herbs chandler will use my Book of Songs to make bags for coffee and snuff for the old women of the future – oh !, I can foresee all this and I feel deeply sorry thinking of this decline threatening my poetry and the old world order-And yet, I freely confess, the same thoughts have a magical appeal upon my soul which I cannot resist ….

A single person can be liable for an offence of riot when they use violence, provided that it is shown there were at least twelve present using or threatening unlawful violence.

According to China's critics, China has offered Sudan support threatening to use its veto on the U. N. Security Council to protect Khartoum from sanctions and has been able to water down every resolution on Darfur in order to protect its interests in Sudan.

* The UN Security Council passes Resolution 949, demanding that Iraq " cooperate fully " with UNSCOM and immediately withdraw forces recently deployed to southern Iraq, not use any forces in a hostile or threatening manner against either neighbouring countries or UN staff operating in Iraq, nor redeploy or enhance its military forces in the southern part of the country.

In 2002, Kjærsgaard was fined DKK 3, 000 for threatening a woman with pepper spray, the use of which is illegal in Denmark.

He also issued an ukase threatening with the severest penalties all who dared to make or use such icons in future.

Cassowaries use their claws to defend themselves, to attack threatening animals, and in agonistic displays such as the Bowed Threat Display.

Taser supporters suggest that the use in schools consists of merely switching on the device followed with threatening to use it, which can be effective in frightening violent or uncooperative students.