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trollfeed

trollfeed verb: to respond to (a troll) in an online community.

Verb

trollfeed (third-person singular simple present trollfeeds, present participle trollfeeding, simple past and past participle trollfed)

  1. (Internet, ambitransitive) To respond to (a troll) in an online community.
    • ...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)
    • > 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)
    Synonyms:
    feed the troll

Noun

trollfeed (countable and uncountable, plural trollfeeds)

  1. (Internet) 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)
    • 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)

Synonyms of trollfeed

Forms of trollfeed

Verb
third-person singular presenttrollfeeds
present participletrollfeeding
past participletrollfed
pasttrollfed
Noun
pluraltrollfeeds

Origin of trollfeed

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.

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

Questions about trollfeed

What does trollfeed mean?
Trollfeed means to respond to (a troll) in an online community.
What part of speech is trollfeed?
Trollfeed can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of trollfeed?
The past tense of trollfeed is trollfed.

Words near trollfeed in the dictionary

  1. trolleys off
  2. trolleysful
  3. trollface
  4. trollfaces
  5. trollfed
  6. trollfeed
  7. trollfeeder
  8. trollfeeding
  9. trollfeeds
  10. trollfic
  11. trollfics

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