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Nov 12, 2003 | 11:12 PM

Jimmy Dean

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Troll?

Oh now come on, we didn't even have time to play with our new troll....*sob* man that stinks....who deleted that thread?

Nov 12, 2003 | 11:18 PM

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He had to get back to his weekly NAMBLA meeting.

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Nov 12, 2003 | 11:18 PM

bigrigfixer

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I know I didn't. I was coming back to check up on it, and it was gone.

Nov 12, 2003 | 11:22 PM

Torque1st

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I took care of it...

Nov 13, 2003 | 12:09 AM

david.brady

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I'm lost, can you explain Troll. Sorry I've been up since 5 a.m. and I really want to know.

David

Nov 13, 2003 | 12:37 AM

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Originally posted by david.brady
I'm lost, can you explain Troll. Sorry I've been up since 5 a.m. and I really want to know.

David

troll v.,n. 1. [From the Usenet group alt.folklore.urban] To utter a posting on Usenet designed to attract predictable responses or flames; or, the post itself. Derives from the phrase "trolling for newbies" which in turn comes from mainstream "trolling", a style of fishing in which one trails bait through a likely spot hoping for a bite. The well-constructed troll is a post that induces lots of newbies and flamers to make themselves look even more clueless than they already do, while subtly conveying to the more savvy and experienced that it is in fact a deliberate troll. If you don't fall for the joke, you get to be in on it. See also YHBT. 2. An individual who chronically trolls in sense 1; regularly posts specious arguments, flames or personal attacks to a newsgroup, discussion list, or in email for no other purpose than to annoy someone or disrupt a discussion. Trolls are recognizable by the fact that the have no real interest in learning about the topic at hand - they simply want to utter flame bait. Like the ugly creatures they are named after, they exhibit no redeeming characteristics, and as such, they are recognized as a lower form of life on the net, as in, "Oh, ignore him, he's just a troll."

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Nov 13, 2003 | 12:45 AM

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WOW here I always thought a troll was something that live under a bridge

learn something new everyday i guess

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Nov 13, 2003 | 01:15 AM

Torque1st

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I guess I just get to be the Ogre that my children believed me to be.

ogre ['əʊgə]
noun
1 (in folklore) a giant, usually given to eating human flesh
2 any monstrous or cruel person
[ETYMOLOGY: 18th Century: from French, perhaps from Latin Orcus god of the infernal regions]

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Ogre
(n.) An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster.

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Entry: ogre
Function: noun
Definition: nasty person
Synonyms: bogey, bogeyman, demon, devil, fiend, giant, monster, monstrosity, specter, spectre
Concept: unsocial entity
Source: Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
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