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generic troll definition combining all insights from all definitions
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=== definitions of the verb "to troll" === | === definitions of the verb "to troll" === | ||
*verb: angle with a hook and line drawn through the water | |||
*verb: circulate, move around, e.g. "he [[trolled]] all the [[large public wiki]]s" | *verb: circulate, move around, e.g. "he [[trolled]] all the [[large public wiki]]s" | ||
*verb: speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice | *verb: speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice | ||
*verb: praise or celebrate in song (Example: "All tongues shall troll you") | *verb: praise or celebrate in song (Example: "All tongues shall troll you") | ||
*verb: sing loudly and without inhibition, especially the [[USENET troll song]] | *verb: sing loudly and without inhibition, especially the [[USENET troll song]] | ||
*verb: sing the parts of (a round) in succession, especially [[heroic songs about trolls]] | *verb: sing the parts of (a round) in succession, especially [[heroic songs about trolls]] | ||
*verb: cause to move round and round (Example: "The child trolled her hoop", "the [[Lowest Troll]] trolled the [[sysop vandalism|sysop-vandal]] [[fork off|off]] to other [[large public wiki]]s, but it always came back") | *verb: cause to move round and round (Example: "The child trolled her hoop", "the [[Lowest Troll]] trolled the [[sysop vandalism|sysop-vandal]] [[fork off|off]] to other [[large public wiki]]s, but it always came back") | ||
=== generic troll === | |||
Combining all the various insights above, clearly, a troll is a supernatural creature with a body of any size, closely associated with nature, who likely eats fish, moves around a lot and often in circles in a regular range, who sings a great deal, often in praise and celebration (of each other or Earth herself), but always loudly and without inhibition, in complex cycles in close cooperation with other such creatures, in rolling voices, with all eventually signing different parts of the song at the same time, probably driving everyone who doesn't want to listen to them completely nuts. This is the generic troll. | |||
=== Internet trolls === | === Internet trolls === | ||