rttrRe: Bring the "boys" Home?? Hell No! Leave the arrogant bastards over there!

Troll troll.

n. one who trolls (v.) trolls (n.).


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"Riley The Fair And Balanced Dog" wrote in message news:...
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> troll
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> 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.
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> 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."