[sdiy] History of a "Troll"

Jason Proctor jason at redfish.net
Sat Feb 20 01:25:56 CET 2010


>I thought I was reasonably savvy regarding internet jargon, but the term
>Troll eluded my massive store of trivia.
>
>Wikipedia has an interesting take on the use and meaning of the term "troll"
>in internetland.
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll

also interesting how the more correct English verb form "trawling" is 
being displaced in favour of the rather crude conversion of the noun 
form "troll" into "trolling".

sigh, more good words going away...




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