it means a person who lies here and asks dumb questions
it started around that c family thingy
2007-08-31 10:30:22 · 11 answers · asked by Gloomy Princesess 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Adolescent
That word in relating to online activities, began on AOL back in the 90's. Means a jerk. Like a troll in mythology. Disgusting evil person. In the case of online, someone who just likes to stir people up, begin flame wars, etc.
2007-08-31 11:47:30 · answer #1 · answered by gromit801 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hunny there were trolls on here long before the c family. a year ago there was one called edna running wild on all the boards. trolls are people who go in to chat room message boards and sites like this for the sole purpose of making people mad
2007-08-31 18:57:02 · answer #2 · answered by kleighs mommy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think if came from here chat speak Is all over the web and I've seen the word troll in forums it was probably brought from another source.
2007-08-31 17:34:59 · answer #3 · answered by joj p 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo Answers Team!
2007-08-31 17:45:00 · answer #4 · answered by Laurenzo 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
no the actual word troll has been around forever! I dont know who started it.
2007-08-31 19:17:57 · answer #5 · answered by Janey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no,it started a long time ago before the c family
2007-09-02 16:54:55 · answer #6 · answered by Chef Smalls 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes from fishing terminology. It is like "trolling" for fish, in which you cast a juicy piece of bait and make it dance as you slowly reel it in and wait for a bite. It is used in many forums.
"Trolls" attempt to provoke angry answers by "baiting" people with controversial questions.
2007-08-31 17:35:44 · answer #7 · answered by cthulhu_kisses 3 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Yahoo! Answers didn't make up the word troll.
So to answer your question, no one on the Y!A Team did.
2007-08-31 17:56:15 · answer #8 · answered by Small Fry 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Every forum uses that word. not just Y! A.
2007-08-31 17:33:58 · answer #9 · answered by Infamous Twit 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
i'm not sure but whomever started it knows that it picked up quickly....
2007-08-31 17:34:28 · answer #10 · answered by amyhwoods 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋