asbestos cork award

n. 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.

