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Trolling

  • 10-08-2009 12:56PM
    #1
    lklklk89
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭


    Hi guys,
    got kicked off a forum there for trolling,
    Its not a proper word, I'm just wondering when the internet christened it?


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  • #2
    Micilin Muc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,842 ✭✭✭Micilin Muc


    lklklk89 wrote: »
    Hi guys,
    got kicked off a forum there for trolling,
    Its not a proper word, I'm just wondering when the internet christened it?

    It must have been pre-2005 as it's in my Oxford Dictionary of English, Second Edition, 2005:
    A provocative email or newsgroup posting intended to incite an angry response.


  • #3
    lklklk89
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭lklklk89


    aw cheers, must get an aul update... mine might be consigned to the scrapheap


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