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A person who posts to a forum or other form of online communication to disrupt or cause widespread argument.
WILK0, troll of the Xbox forums
by Will Da Man April 9, 2009
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The masters of the internet. They are who keep the internet alive and are the superior internet race, prevailing over normies and keeping balance among all kinds of communities.
Normie: What is the name of this song?
Troll: Darude - Sandstorm!

Normie: Dude! This was NOT the song I asked for!!!
Troll: Kys :D
by Daviddv0601 May 18, 2018
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verb: To go around pissing people off. Jonas Brothers and Disney channel fans are often victims of trolls.

Noun: someone who trolls.
v. That fangirl pissed me off, I am going to troll her

n. God she fails at being a troll.
by AlisaGirl1990 August 23, 2009
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1) A fantasy creature with no single definition. Usually large, ugly and nasty...except when it's small, cute, and friendly. Often lives under bridges.

2) An ugly little plastic doll with big hair.

3) One of the five Horde races in World of Warcraft. Tall, leggy, and blue, with three-fingered hands and two-toed feet; also has tusks and a Caribbean accent.

4) (verb) To go fishing.

5) (verb) To act as an example of the Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory; derived from definition 4, on the theory that the person is "fishing" for attention. This can also be a noun, meaning someone who does just that.
1) According to TVTropes, all trolls are different.

2) My aunt collects troll dolls.

3) My troll shadow priest will melt your face!

4) They're out trolling the river.

5) Oh, great, someone is trolling the forums again. Where did all of these trolls come from, anyway?
by Qit el-Remel May 9, 2009
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A troll in the sense of an internet troll has many different meanings. Not all trolls go to a message board and spam it with flames, racism, and Goatse before getting banned 5 minutes later. Trolling is a hobby in the same vein as prank phone calls, and the true objective of trolling is to be clever and creative in getting a reaction out of the troll victims.
Skilled trolls especially like trolling large-scale websites such as MySpace or LiveJournal where it is harder to get banned. Trolling a site such as GameFAQs is more difficult, as the TOS is very strict and the moderators are harder on trolls.
Common victims of trolls: liberals, hippies, peta, gay rights activists, otaku, furries, harry potter fans, etc

Skilled trolls from LJ: heavenablaze, gunlord, oni+, omg_a_terrorist, bloodlent, abcuqrc, chessnut1134
by Oni-Unit December 28, 2005
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Ben: I trolled a burns victims ward about my dead baby getting burnt alive you shoulda seen there face
Lucy: but your online how can you see there face
Ben: J3POOOOOOORDIQ Lucy
Lucy: what????
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While hated by most, these people are typically non-social for reasons beyond their control, and manage to get that one glimpse at society by eliciting responses from forum-goers who, nine times out of ten, think they know everything and that anything that goes against the norm is bad. There are of course the assholes who do it just for fun, but a lot of these people are suffering: people with manic (or often just plain old) depression, people with real issues in real life, or people who's real life isn't as cupcakes and unicorns as people on the internet assume.

I say this because I know people in real life who many would consider trolls, and they "troll" on forums because they receive no attention from their family and very little from anyone else. They are saints for putting up with it in real life, but it'd be unhealthy to pent up all their frustration. So what do they do? They speak out on the internet, often in obnoxious and annoying matters. The very fact that people respond to what they say is important to them, just because they get satisfaction in knowing that some people somewhere acknowledge their existence, and perhaps more importantly their opinion. Believe me, most trolls you see aren't "a poor excuse of a human being". Their lives in real life is worse than many could imagine. Everyone needs to vent sometimes.
Troll: WOW U FUCKS NARUTO IS FOR HOMOS ONLY.

Forum-goers: U poor excuse for a human being you need to die

Troll (in real life): Man, I don't really like Naruto. But no one knows that. No one in my life give a flying fuck about anything I say or do.
by a someewhat smart guy August 29, 2010
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