4/17    What's a troll? - curious in Cali
        \_ Cool.  It never occured to me to start a trollfest over the
           definition of the word 'troll'.  Fellow troll, I salute you!
        \_ if you knew what you were doing, the thing above this is a troll.
           A message simply to get people to respond and argue, etc.
           just for the sake of it.
                \_ a stupid quesiton isn't REALLY a troll.  A troll is
                   somthing that pushes people's buttons that has been posted
                   purely for the joy of watching people makes fools out of
                   themselves by being full of justifed anger.   A troll
                   is NOT someone posting sometihng they legitimatly
                   care about, nor is a troll someone making some stupid
                   in-joke.
                \ Where is a good place to meet  asian chicks is a troll
           \_ flamebait a subcategory, different category, or synonym?
        \_ a troll can also mean a certain type of creature found in
           Dungeons and Dragon games.  I think trolls are also creatures
           guarding bridges, right?  (yes, this isn't probably what the
           original poster was looking for).
        \_ troll is also a fishing term, I believe, where you try to
           get the fish to bite.
           \_ Anytime you're using a pole and hook you're trying to get the fish
              to bite.  Trolling is when the boat is in motion, making the lure
              jump around like a living organism instead of a piece of plastic.
              \_ That should be trawling.
                \_ trolling is when you trawl with bits of computer geek guts
                   as bait
                   \_ no intelligent fish would take a bite on that...
                     \_ intelligent and fish are two words that don't mix
                        \_ what about flipper!? he's a dolphin! dolphin are
                        fishies!
                         \_ mammals.  flipper is a mammal... and a rapist
                            \_ Since when is flipper a rapist?  A racist, sure
                               we all know that but a rapist?