what does .......to troll mean.(exact meaning)(i know it as a scandinavian fairy tale creature,)
some of you use it very often on this site
i could not find it in the dictionary
anonymous
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jennyhanger
google search it or in wikiepdia
Troll has a different story for each country, yep they exist on scandinavian countries though in europe they are called trolls too,
some trolls are good others are bad, you know "gremlin" is a troll too ? :)
even in Norsh mythology you can find the term troll
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jennyhanger
@original poster
did you try searching it on didyouknow.com ? they have a a lot of tremendous stuff about mythological character, gnolls, trolls and gnomes :) good luck
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shilgia
Jenny, OP clearly knows about the Scandinavian trolls, but is asking about the internet-forum meaning.
From iviehoff's link:
"In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion."
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