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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBGood, post: 2550442, member: 38987&quot;]I had to look it up....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang" rel="nofollow">Internet slang</a>, a <b>troll</b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" rel="nofollow">/ˈtroʊl/</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" rel="nofollow">/ˈtrɒl/</a>) is a person who sows discord on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" rel="nofollow">Internet</a> by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extraneous#Adjective" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extraneous#Adjective" rel="nofollow">extraneous</a>, or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-topic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-topic" rel="nofollow">off-topic</a> messages in an online community (such as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsgroup" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsgroup" rel="nofollow">newsgroup</a>, forum, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat_room" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat_room" rel="nofollow">chat room</a>, or blog) with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion" rel="nofollow">emotional</a> response<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-PCMAG_def-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-PCMAG_def-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a> or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-IUKB_def-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-IUKB_def-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a> often for their own amusement. -wiki[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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