X-Message-Number: 15381
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 16:26:43 -0800
From: Kennita Watson <>
Subject: trolling

Driven FromThePack <> writes:
> A troll comes onto a list and makes comments like this:
> "Cryonicists suck! You're all gonna die! You are just
> afraid of death."

For those who thought it was just a noun, the verb "troll":
troll (v.) 1. To fish by trailing a baited line behind a slowly 
moving boat... -- (n.) 1. The act of trolling for fish.
Thence arise references to "trolls" and "trolling" that include 
concepts like "I'll bite" or "taking the bait".  While I feel
for Bob, I find it amusing that referring to him as a "warty 
little troll" is in itself a troll.  For the record, a person 
performing such acts is more correctly called a "troller" --
but who's counting? :-) .

Live long and prosper,
Kennita "Language Maven" Watson
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