asbestos cork award
= A =
ASCII
asbestos longjohns n.
Notional garments donned by
Usenet posters just before emitting a remark they expect will
elicit flamage. This is the most common of the asbestos
coinages. Also `asbestos underwear', `asbestos overcoat', etc.
--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.