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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.
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.
FIRST SEEN
1992
PEAK POPULARITY
2026 (Social Media)
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Gen Alpha Slang
EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
AURA IMPACT ⓘ
+1 AURA
TREND STATUS
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1992
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