What's up with the word troll?

Question

i've honestly never heard anyone use this term before yahoo answers..

i'm from Florida, i'm almost 20 years old..

call me old fashioned.. but we usually just describe sexual beings with multiple loose partners as "s**t" or "w***e".

i think it might be used to widely around the answer boards, however.. for instance:

"i'm pregnant and i'm 15, i know i made a mistake but i'm going to keep the baby"

it would be much more appropriote for something like..

"i'm 15 and i like to sleep around wih my boyfriend. but i like to mess around with his brother and his friend too.. who do you think i should date?"

so where are you from and do you use the word TROLL to describe a S****y person?

Answer 1

From Wikipedia: An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who posts controversial and usually irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum or chat room, with the intention of baiting other users into an emotional response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion.

Trolls have been around for years, they are not new.

Answer 2

i think that bcuz of a comment someone left on my question that it means like fake lie not true. like, they dont beleive u at all and they think youre trying to make ppl feel bad for you.

Answer 3

It means they were lying, or had a fake question.

Answer 4

if you read in the gidlines, it says that any person asking a fake question, or under the age o 13 is a troll

Answer 5

A troll is someone who just continuoully post fake questions like "I just got knocked up by a ketchup bottle, what do i do"?

And people who report questions and make fake accounts just because they don't like users

So, it's practically just a fake person.

Answer 6

In Yahoo parlance, trolls are individuals with too much time on their hands who use questions and answers for harrassment or to waste others' time rather than for asking legitimate questions and providing thoughtful answers.

Answer 7

troll isn't used to describe a S****y person.

it means a person who has asked a fake or offensive question without any seriousness for their own pure, sick enjoyment.

usually they ask one like this:

"hi im lyk 11 and i tink i myte be pregooooo?!?!?!?!/"

and it gets ridiculous. sometimes they ask even downright disgusting questions. like, perverted, in a sense.

Answer 8

Trolls are people who make up far fetched questions or like to make trouble in internet forums.  They like to get reactions out of people for their own pleasure.  Usually these people are lonely and this is the only way they feel in control.  As long as there have been online communities..there have been trolls.

Answer 9

A troll is a fake and annoying person.They try to steer up things on the internet like bring up a stupid question on answers.

Answer 10

I think when the users use this word they are meaning that it is a fake question or something....

Answer 11

Troll means that the question is fake, thus making them an annoying brat that nobody wants hiding under the "bridge" of this section.

If that makes sense?

Answer 12

trolls are people who make up things to get attention on yahoo answers.

if someone posted a question that said "im 10 yeers old and pregant!!! wat do i do???", people would prolly put "troll" as the answer cause it sounds so fake.

the troll is the person who asks the question. its just y!a slang, i guess.

Answer 13

The last time I checked, the term "troll" meant that (in terms of Yahoo Answers) a user asks a question, but it's not really a true question, they report other users for silly reasons, and just cause trouble on Yahoo Answers.

But then again, I could be wrong.

Answer 14

The word "troll" doesn't describe a S****y person. It describes someone who asks fake questions and gives bad answers, trying to be funny.

Answer 15

hi

the word troll isn't normally used to describe sexual beings

it is normally used to describe someone whose question is fake

the question could be fake because some part of the story sounds false or fishy  

or if they telly you they are one age  and on previous question s they say they are way younger or older

I'm not to sure where the name came from

hope i helped