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Originally Posted by codenamelenny  It's hard when he went to another site just to troll. |
I wonder where the term troll originated from?
I know they originally meant mythical creatures/monsters, it is just how did it become applied to Internet people who start problems and flamewars?
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia The contemporary use of the term first appeared on Usenet groups in the late 1980s. It is thought to be a truncation of the phrase trolling for suckers, itself derived from the fishing technique known as trolling. [3] The word likely gained currency because of its apt second meaning, drawn from the trolls portrayed in Scandinavian folklore and children's tales; they are often ugly, obnoxious creatures bent on mischief and wickedness. |
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June 12th, 2008, 03:50 PM
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