Concept cluster: Social systems > Internet Trolling
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(Internet slang) A habitual poster on the /b/ - Random board on 4chan; a member of the /b/ community.
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(Internet slang) A habitual poster on the /d/ - Hentai/Alternative board on 4chan; a member of the /d/ community.
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(Internet slang) A habitual poster on the /pol/ - Politically Incorrect board on 4chan; a member of the /pol/ community.
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(Internet slang) A habitual poster on the /pol/ - Politically Incorrect board on 4chan; a member of the /pol/ community.
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(Internet slang) A member of the online 4chan community.
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(Internet, slang) A troll who deliberately posts aggravating messages on a message board to elicit responses.
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(Scientology) A process in which a person is subjected to simulated threats and verbal abuse but must not respond.
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(Internet, slang, transitive) To create and operate a fake online profile to deceive (someone).
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(by extension) A user of other imageboard sites similar to 4chan.
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(Internet slang) Someone who posts to an internet forum or newsgroup, claiming to share its goals while deliberately working against those goals, typically, by claiming "concern" about group plans to engage in productive activity, urging members instead to attempt some activity that would damage the group's credibility, or alternatively to give up on group projects entirely.
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(Internet slang) Alternative form of concern troll [(Internet slang) Someone who posts to an internet forum or newsgroup, claiming to share its goals while deliberately working against those goals, typically, by claiming "concern" about group plans to engage in productive activity, urging members instead to attempt some activity that would damage the group's credibility, or alternatively to give up on group projects entirely.]
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(Internet) Someone who trolls in response to an original troll.
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(Internet slang) To behave like an edgelord; to provoke with risque behaviour.
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(fandom slang) An internet troll who is part of a fandom.
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(Internet) To respond to an individual who posts deliberately inflammatory or disruptive statements, such as to a newsgroup or other online forum.
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The act of sending a fext.
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(Internet slang, derogatory) A Twitter user suspected to be a troll, sockpuppet, or bot due to having a default-style account name and a history of odd, tendentious, or offensive posts.
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To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.
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(Internet) A deliberately provocative posting intended to start a flame war.
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(Internet slang) Content in an online forum, such as a newsgroup, with the intent of provoking anger, resulting in flames and sometimes flamewars.
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(Internet slang, intransitive) To post baiting or provocative statements on the Internet, ostensibly as an everyday citizen, but actually working as an undercover government agent as a form of entrapment.
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(slang, derogatory) A user of Apple Inc. products.
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(Internet slang) The situation in which a user who has been trolled claims that he/she only posted in order to bait the troll into a response.
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(informal) A technician whose job entails adjusting electronic devices via knobs.
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(Internet slang, leetspeak) please
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(vulgar and obscure) Someone that trolls others by using violence on them.
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(Internet slang) A user who is ignored or placed on a kill file.
v
(Internet, derogatory) To publish false and misleading content to intentionally increase online interaction.
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(US, transitive) To attack by denouncing as a Communist.
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(Internet, informal, derogatory) A male commenter who leaves frequent and inappropriate replies on a woman's social media posts.
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(Internet) An Internet troll who leaves deliberately offensive messages on online memorials to the deceased.
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(Internet) One who engages in scambaiting.
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(Internet slang, vulgar, derogatory) A person who makes worthless posts on a messageboard, newsgroup, or other online discussion platform.
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(Internet slang, now also used outside of internet) A person who posts or says inflammatory, insincere, digressive, extraneous, or off-topic messages to provoke others on the Internet for their own personal amusement or to manipulate others' perception.
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Synonym of troll farm
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(Internet) A group of Internet trolls organized in order to interfere in political opinions and decision-making.
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(fantasy) A job suitable for or focused on a troll.
adj
(slang, Internet, of an Internet community) Not taking any steps to combat trolling.
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(Internet, informal) trolling (making inflammatory posts or comments to annoy others on the Internet)
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(Internet) A person with whom one trolls or a fellow troll on a particular message board, newsgroup, etc.
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(Homestuck fandom slang) A graphic featuring a portrait and biography of a fantroll.
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(Internet) A victim of trolling.
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(Internet slang, informal) Online behavior that is deliberately provocative or disruptive.
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a female troll
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a female troll
adj
(Internet slang) Full of, or characterized by, trolling (malicious troublemaking on the Internet), especially in an enjoyable way.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a troll (Internet troublemaker) or trolling.
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(Internet slang) The practice of trolling, or making inflammatory postings.
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(Internet slang) A troll; one who makes inflammatory postings.
adj
(Internet slang, rare) having troll-like aspects; exhibiting troll-like behavior; troublemaking
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(humorous, Internet slang) A tendency to act like a troll, or online troublemaker.
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All trolls, considered as a group.
adj
Characteristic or typical of a troll (all senses)
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(Internet, slang, derogatory) A stupid troll.
adj
(informal) Of, befitting, or characteristic of a troll.
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The act or process of performing small tasks using the Amazon Mechanical Turk service.
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(Internet slang, neologism, derogatory) Someone who posts stupid remarks on the Twitter microblogging service.
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(slang, derogatory) A user of the Ubuntu Linux operating system.
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(Internet slang, derogatory) A user or advocate of Microsoft Windows.
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(Internet slang, derogatory) A trollish user who advocates the Microsoft Windows operating system.

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