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noun
An instance of responding to a troll in an online community.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To respond to (a troll) in an online community.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, ambitransitive
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Synonyms: feed the troll
Antonyms: none provided
History
From troll (“person who makes or posts inflammatory statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument”) + feed (noun). See also etymology 1.
Back-formation from trollfeeding or from troll (“person who makes or posts inflammatory statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument”) + feed (verb). Compare feed the troll.
