Troll refers to a person who makes inflammatory or hostile comments, which by effect or design cause disruptions in discourse.
Trolls provide a valuable service by making people question the validity of what is read both on the Internet and from other sources. Trolls show that expressing any opinion is as easy as expressing an informed and considered opinion and may get as much visibility. It is arguable that shock jocks and some newspaper columnists are trolling public opinion.
Trolls are also a source of genuine humour, which depends entirely upon whether the troll is a good or a bad troll. It's usually fairly easy to spot the difference between such actions: a bad troll resorts only to weak uncreative arguments whereas a good troll will create a subtle set of arguments which draw people in with cunning twists to provide a thread of non sequitur humour.
Trolls provide a valuable service by making people question the validity of what is read both on the Internet and from other sources. Trolls show that expressing any opinion is as easy as expressing an informed and considered opinion and may get as much visibility. It is arguable that shock jocks and some newspaper columnists are trolling public opinion.
Trolls are also a source of genuine humour, which depends entirely upon whether the troll is a good or a bad troll. It's usually fairly easy to spot the difference between such actions: a bad troll resorts only to weak uncreative arguments whereas a good troll will create a subtle set of arguments which draw people in with cunning twists to provide a thread of non sequitur humour.
by BadBoyBubby July 15, 2008
Get the trollmug. The way of life
by trollllllllllo September 11, 2010
Get the Trollingmug. by Quezacotl April 6, 2010
Get the Trollingmug. trolling is when unknown peoples on the internet T-Roll an blogger who innocwntly makes a spelling mistake or other minor booboo. T-rolling is when someone takes the piss out of them for it with multiple consexutive comments that harp on about the unintentional fuckx pas.
blogger : i think obana is good for america.
t-roller: yes bananas make great presidents.
t-roller: yes just like angina merkel is a clear sign of germany's gas problems.
t-roller: yes, he was good in the incredible hulk but not sure he was in captain america?
(t-rolling = trolling )
t-roller: yes bananas make great presidents.
t-roller: yes just like angina merkel is a clear sign of germany's gas problems.
t-roller: yes, he was good in the incredible hulk but not sure he was in captain america?
(t-rolling = trolling )
by mythtrap June 12, 2011
Get the trollingmug. Making a statement or a video that with the deliberate intention of provoking an argument or fishing for negative comments.
A few ways of trolling as a youtube content producer include effective use of bluffing, pranking, spoofing, & sarcasm, such as using hyperbole (lHateEverything), pretending to be dumb & illiterate (Our Third Life, TheGamerFromMars, & the author of My Immortal), or acting in a derogatory entitled manner (SammyClassicSonicFan & SuperMineCraftKid). The better your acting skills are, the more likely viewers are to be fooled into thinking it's genuine & make posts pointing out how stupid & wrong you are. Another method wildly used by 4chan is to get people's hopes up with a negative outcome, such as creating believable adds for a new console or fake tips to fix a phone or console that ultimately ends up breaking the device.
by ThatEvilRedhead April 3, 2016
Get the Trollingmug. Commissioner Micky Ross Steinberg: "What is 'trolled'?"
Commissioner Michael Grieco: "It's what Billy Corben does to Mayor Philip Levine every day."
Commissioner Michael Grieco: "It's what Billy Corben does to Mayor Philip Levine every day."
by hewritesforODandcoinedthisterm May 7, 2015
Get the Trolledmug. n: a resident of the lower pennisula of Michigan; one who lives under the Mackinaw Bridge, which connects the two pennisulas.
Antonym of: "Yooper," which is a resident of the upper pennisula- or "U.P"- of Michigan.
Antonym of: "Yooper," which is a resident of the upper pennisula- or "U.P"- of Michigan.
by brindlescruff January 27, 2005
Get the trollmug.