asbestos cork award
<humour> Once, long ago at MIT, there was a flamer so consistently
obnoxious that another hacker designed, had made, and distributed posters
announcing that said flamer had been nominated for the "asbestos cork award".
(Any reader in doubt as to the intended application of the cork should consult
the etymology under flame.) Since then, it is agreed that only a select few have
risen to the heights of bombast required to earn this dubious dignity - but
there is no agreement on *which* few.
[Jargon File]
(1996-02-06)
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