Basically, in this particular context:
flashing - installing something other than what was there before
ROM - Read Only Memory, originally, but now just means a different version of the OS (custom, stock, original, etc.)
boot - start, turn on
reboot- restart, turn off, then on again
Taurus, your explanations in ‘normal speak’ really helped me workout more of what piero and Smu44 where talking about, and find instructions that helped me fixed the problem.
After exhausting the TWRP/dev eOS options I decided to download the easy-installer and install eOS onto my phone agian, and then try to work through Smu44’s instructions, if I had too. Thankfully, my phone started working properly with the fresh install via the easy-installer, phew!
Anonyme’s instructions are brilliant and very easy to work through. I finally understand what Odin is and didn’t have to use command prompts to install eOS manually.