What Does This Mean?
The act of deliberately provoking or upsetting people online for entertainment or attention, treated as a distinct manipulation strategy rather than sincere disagreement or genuine anger.
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Brigham Young University · original source ↗
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Think Fact · original source ↗
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REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"He's just trolling, don't give him the reaction he's fishing for."
LORE & ORIGIN
The verb form of troll, describing the ongoing activity rather than the person doing it, standard vocabulary since the term's earliest usage.
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