oldtroon
Whereas the term "oldfag" is often used as a term of endearment for old members of a web forum, "oldtroon" is used to deride the subset of oldfags, or supposed oldfags, who can't shut the fuck up about how le heckin' wholesome things used to be on a particular web forum or within a particular subculture. The prototypical oldtroon has either undergone troll's remorse, been longhoused or pussywhipped, and has likely trooned out. The oldtroon, in a futile attempt to justify their own faggotry, will often mentally retcon the forums they once participated in as being "wholesome", when, in reality, said forums had never been as gay as the oldtroon became.
The term was first coined on 4chan sometime in the early 2020s, but has seen more prominent usage among Soyjak Party and Xitter users.
The term was first coined on 4chan sometime in the early 2020s, but has seen more prominent usage among Soyjak Party and Xitter users.
After iDubbbz started walking back some of his edgier content, people began calling him an oldtroon for constantly reminiscing about how the internet was once only ironically edgy, while claiming that the newer users are genuinely edgy.
oldtroon by St3amedHam January 22, 2025