Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

asbestos cork award
     
         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)