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:At first i balked at being branded a troll. Now i revel it. I as a troll is | :At first i balked at being branded a troll. Now i revel it. I as a troll is | ||
rather recent, beginning and getting worse about in 1998. I have been | :rather recent, beginning and getting worse about in 1998. I have been | ||
using online discussion medium since 1990. Perhaps one day i'll write | :using online discussion medium since 1990. Perhaps one day i'll write | ||
"how i became a troll". It is bound to be a tragedy. - Xah Lee | :"how i became a troll". It is bound to be a tragedy. - Xah Lee | ||
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"Troll: In Icelandic mythology, Trolls were a race of giants. They appear in various Northern mythologies. In Norse mythology Trolls are represented as a type of goblin." - [http://www.fas.org/news/reference/probert/D4.HTM Norse mythology guide] See also [[Ragnarok]] | "Troll: In Icelandic mythology, Trolls were a race of giants. They appear in various Northern mythologies. In Norse mythology Trolls are represented as a type of goblin." - [http://www.fas.org/news/reference/probert/D4.HTM Norse mythology guide] See also [[Ragnarok]] | ||
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From http://www.onelook.com/?w=troll&ls=a | |||
*noun: angling by drawing a baited line through the water | |||
*noun: a fisherman's lure that is used in [[trolling]] (Example: "He used a spinner as his troll") | |||
*noun: (Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains or under the [[world tree]] | |||
*noun: a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time | |||
*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: praise or celebrate in song (Example: "All tongues shall troll you") | |||
*verb: sing loudly and without inhibition, especially the [[USENET troll song]] | |||
*verb: angle with a hook and line drawn through the water | |||
*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]] off to other [[large public wiki]]s, but it always came back") | |||
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