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trollfeed en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (Internet, ambitransitive) To respond to (a troll) in an online community.
   • > 1. Can't read > 2. Can't research. > 3. Can't use a dos boot dist to sort out the mbr. > 4. Has some sort of religious fear of a computer operating system. 5. Is being regularly trollfed by "Mark" 2005 January 30, Johannes Bauer, “Re: Linux works here and there, if you lucky”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet):
   • If you can't, or won't explain this, using little words so a denialist like myself can actually understand the answers, then you are so obviously full of shit that there is no reason for anyone to continue to trollfeed you. 2011 January 22, Rich Grise, “Re: OT; Widespread Global warming”, in sci.electronics.design (Usenet):
   • ...in the next few days (I think that's reasonable), I may end up breaking my solemn oath not to trollfeed. Well, okay, nothing I do is really *SOLEMN*, but you know what I mean. (Or would, if you read the FAQ.) 2000 April 5, BlackWolfe, “Re: NAPALM AWAY!”, in alt.gothic (Usenet):

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Relateds

troll-feed · trollfeeder · troll feed · trollfeeding

Synonyms

feed the troll

trollfeed en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From troll (“person who makes or posts inflammatory statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument”) + feed (noun). See also etymology 1.

Meanings

1. (Internet, countable, uncountable) An instance of responding to a troll in an online community.
   • You made a longwinded post about a troll, I consider trollfeeds to be wastes of bandwidth. […] Well the way I see it, you called me a troll and killfiled me either because of which group i'm from, or the fact that I didn't like your trollfeed. 1999 March 19, Ultimax, “Re: An Ode to Gid Tanner”, in rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc (Usenet):
   • Oh, I don't know, I'm catching up on this newsgroup -- I seldom killfile a whole thread permanently because of topic drift, and these trollfeeds are generally short and easy to ignore[…]. 2005 April 2, Jonathan L Cunningham, “Re: New to Usenet”, in rec.arts.sf.composition (Usenet):
   • That is what I am saying about Steve's posts. I get realli^([sic]) frustrated with all the trollfeed you are feeding him. I am on usenet since 1992 and I have never seen a troll back off when flamed. They like it. They live for it. 2000 June 21, Rian, “Re: Pod on 20/20”, in alt.med.fibromyalgia (Usenet):

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