Xackly! And therefore, it is also...
...(because of some original typos, no doubt) the in-joke way of referring to a fLAme war on the rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan newsgroup (rasfwrj for short).
Speaking of such stuff, have you read _Steel And Snow_(IIRC), the (first part of!!! the) third part of George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series? Sheesh, is he about to slow down to a crawl just like Jordan has?!?
(Hey BTW, was that *me* you were talking about, "trying to carry on a conversation in .SIGs"? I don't do that!)
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