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Jahranja

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The Word Troll

Can SOMEONE explain to me why the word "troll" is COMPLETELY misused every 2 seconds?! People are always saying things like "trolling my map" or "troller!" and IT'S ANNOYING!!! I try to explain to people what it means but they still misuse it!! http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/troll LOOK AT THIS AND REMEMBER HOW YOU HAVE BEEN USING THIS WORD

FruitMonster2

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Re: The Word Troll

*rubs my eyes* That hurt.

TheGreenTroll

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What u sayin mate?

treejoe4

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Seriously, the word troll is often used as the name of a evil monster, which then came to the interent to give the name troll to people who cause trouble and are nasty. You cannont troll on ee, you are greifing in ee, that is making trouble in multiplayer games. Trolling is on forums etc.

Tako

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Yeah.

And we also say lame people are nubs.

You know what a nub is? A lump, knob, or small piece of something.

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Yeah, well, you know that's just like, uh, your opinion, man.

Nou

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Re: The Word Troll

The definition "trolling" has received on the internet stems from the dictionary definition of fishing: you troll the line waiting for a bite: you do stupid/annoying stuff and wait for the people to "bite", aka be mad.
Coincidentally as treejoe said the noun stems from the age old idea of a nasty creature called a "troll". There are tons of words used wrongly on the internet, why specifically target this one?

tl:dr: it's internet pop culture, deal with it.

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Jahranja

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Re: The Word Troll

Now if only the "trolls" would look at this topic and see what it really means...

rob1nfly

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Re: The Word Troll

Have you payed atention to internet culture?

Different55

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to sing? to fish? The way you guys were acting I figured it would come up as similar to the origin of sagging >.<

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Wolf exile1

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Re: The Word Troll

Now if only the "trolls" would look at this topic and see what it really means...

I am a troll...

This post makes me disrespect you...

tailschao

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Re: The Word Troll

I remember the first time I heard that from EE. I was like, A troll smiley? A real troll messing up the game? I always lol about the second one

Tachyonic

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Description of a Troll
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAHfUdf_aX8[/youtube]

32OrtonEdge32dh

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Look a bit down into the link YOU posted and you'll find this:

n.
an internet user who sends inflammatory or provocative messages designed to elicit negative responses or start a flame-war. (As a fisherman trolls for an unsuspecting fish.) :   Don't answer those silly messages. Some troll is just looking for an argument.

Lawyered.

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Oturan

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Re: The Word Troll

13. the act of trolling.

Did You read all of them?? Check down at the nouns? You should read everything before speaking -.- Always remember to scroll down.

Last edited by Oturan (Aug 16 2011 4:57:28 am)

Betaguy

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Re: The Word Troll

Now if only the "trolls" would look at this topic and see what it really means...

Who cares what it really mean?

Last edited by Betaguy (Aug 16 2011 5:39:36 am)

ashes941

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i didnt even know there where so many different meaning for trolls lol:P

Chewy

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con·text
    [kon-tekst] Show IPA
?noun
1.
the parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect: You have misinterpreted my remark because you took it out of context.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/context

cheezpuffs

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BUT:

In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion. The noun troll may refer to the provocative message itself, as in: "That was an excellent troll you posted". While the word troll and its associated verb trolling are associated with Internet discourse, media attention in recent years has made such labels subjective, with trolling describing intentionally provocative actions outside of an online context. For example, mass media uses troll to describe "a person who defaces Internet tribute sites with the aim of causing grief to families."

The "trollface" sometimes used to indicate trolling.

Last edited by cheezpuffs (Aug 16 2011 6:20:46 am)

Jahranja

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Re: The Word Troll

FINALLY someone agrees that to troll is NOT to mess up a level!

32OrtonEdge32dh

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But it is all part of the contemporary usage of the word "troll".   To simplify it, troll nowadays means to f&%k with someone.   That includes, but is not limited to, threatening/harassing people, fooling them, and trolling levels.

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Bimps

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FINALLY someone agrees that to troll is NOT to mess up a level!

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But it's one of the most famous ways, nub.

treejoe4

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Re: The Word Troll

wrong, trolling is not messing up a level, greifing is messing up a level

Chewy

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Re: The Word Troll

wrong, trolling is not messing up a level, greifing is messing up a level

An emotion can't be a verb. Trolling makes more sense than grief'ing, English wise.

treejoe4

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Greifing is trolling multiplayer games, you are casuing greif, when trolls just make people angry

Bimps

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Re: The Word Troll

Greifing is trolling multiplayer games, you are casuing greif, when trolls just make people angry

"Grieving" makes people use most of the time.

Last edited by Bimps (Aug 16 2011 12:21:31 pm)