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troll job

troll job noun: a prank played in order to upset people.

Noun

troll job (plural troll jobs)

  1. (Internet) A prank played in order to upset people.
    • "Well, it looks like I really stirred up a shit storm with this thread." Yep, nice troll job, ray2003 May 27, Jack Schidt®v, “Eat to live vs Live to eat”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet)
    • Believe me, if I DID decide to do a troll job on this place, "PHAMM" or whatever his name is - ON HIS BEST DAY couldn't out-do me ON MY WORST.2003 July 12, The Space Boss, “VICTOR "THE VICTIM" VELEZ”, in rec.martial-arts (Usenet)
  2. A job suitable for or focused on a troll.
    • Leaning over his back, she glanced past his shoulder and recognized the receipts and paperwork from the troll job. Bittersweet nostalgia swept over her as she recalled the night she and Rosa had transformed a desperately lonely troll into a confident kickass female.2014, Camille Anthony, Werewulf Journals, →ISBN
    • It's common knowledge that trolls aren't the sharpest swords in the arsenal, so mog diving is a pretty common troll job.2016, Rob Harrell, Life of Zarf: Troll Overboard, →ISBN, page 14

Examples of troll job in a sentence

  • Myself, I believe it's a troll job because the people in the tower are bored to death.2006 July 10, -cat-, “Is it a troll job or is it a tower mongrel?”, in alt.online-service.webtv (Usenet):
  • Political troll job dressed up as a Red Sox post.2010 January 23, Dano, “Good job Red Sox fans!”, in alt.sports.baseball.bos-redsox (Usenet):
  • Of course, this had all been a massive cosmic troll job.2016, Drew Magary, The Hike: A Novel, →ISBN, page 47:

Forms of troll job

pluraltroll jobs

Questions about troll job

What does troll job mean?
Troll job means a prank played in order to upset people.
How do you use troll job in a sentence?
Myself, I believe it's a troll job because the people in the tower are bored to death.
What part of speech is troll job?
Troll job is a noun.
What is the plural of troll job?
The plural of troll job is troll jobs.

Words near troll job in the dictionary

  1. troll crabs
  2. troll factories
  3. troll factory
  4. troll farm
  5. troll farms
  6. troll job
  7. troll jobs
  8. troll madam
  9. troll plate
  10. troll plates
  11. troll-feed

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