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Deleted! at 24 Aug 2008: 01:01

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at 24 Aug 2008: 01:10

lurk moar

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STEAM! at 24 Aug 2008: 01:34

assuming you aren't a troll.

fap- means to masturbate, it refers to the distinctive sound of a hand moving rapidly on a penis.

troll- I'm not entirely sure how it came to use, but it refers to anyone who attempts to create drama or derail a topic for their own amusement. Im guessing it is referring to the nature of the creatures called trolls, which appear in myths and fairytales.

sage- an action that causes a thread to not be bumped up to the top of the list after a reply, in this board you select the sage box, in many other boards it can be placed in the e-mail field.

also, sage.

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at 24 Aug 2008: 08:39

Troll- as in "trolling for fish." From Usenet, where an erstwhile troublemaker, lulz-seeker or someone with an agenda would set out their "bait" in the form of postings that seemed innocuous in intent, but were designed to garner argument and upset replies and otherwise cause strife. The troll would often post across many groups or post a series of seemingly innocent messages, often following up any promising looking "strikes" with posts designed to fan the flames or otherwise bait responders into overreacting, with extra points for doing it while maintaining a pose of innocence and naivete.

Old school trolls would, after some specific reply hit the 20K, over-the-top-screaming-in all-caps ranting reply, would follow up  with a mocking reply to that containing, "YHBT. HAND" ("You Have Been Trolled. Have a Nice Day"), but that's dropped out of fashion.

Trolling has nowadays come to mean simply posting something designed to  upset or anger people. No class to it anymore.

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Draconis Khaan at 25 Aug 2008: 01:22

>>4
"Troll- is in 'trolling for fish.'"

Does anyone else find it a little amusing that the term is supposed to be "trawling"?

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at 25 Aug 2008: 16:41

>>5
Never fly fished, have you?

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at 25 Aug 2008: 17:37

>>5
troll (Oxford American Dictionary, partial quote)
verb [ intrans. ] 1. fish by trailing a baited line along behind a boat : we trolled for mackerel. • search for something : a group of companies trolling for partnership opportunities. ... 3. [ trans. ] informal Computing - send (an e-mail message or posting on the Internet) intended to provoke a response from the reader by containing errors.
noun 1. the action of trolling for fish. • a line or bait used in such fishing.  2. informal Computing - an e-mail message or posting on the Internet intended to provoke an indignant response in the reader.

If you're going to play amused pedant, do try to be sure that the error you're pointing out is truly an error and not merely your own misinformation. YHNBT. HAND.

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Draconis Khaan at 26 Aug 2008: 01:28

>>7
Hm. I was not familiar with that usage. I looked it up, and the two appear to be related. From the perspective of someone familiar with one and not the other, it did appear to be an error. And, really, how often do to two terms so similar to each other reference basically the same thing? "Error" is usually a safe bet.

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at 28 Jan 2009: 02:19

fap - masturbate

troll - a furry hater

yiff - furry porn

That's about it I guess.

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Germanguy19 at 28 Jan 2009: 08:06

>>9
trolls are not entirely furry haters, they can also appear in
completely different fandoms.

Also I think yiff is also a term for furry sex.

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at 30 Jan 2009: 17:21

>>7
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trawling

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at 30 Jan 2009: 17:22

>>7
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trawling

Only because americans simplified it due to being shit at orthography, doesn't mean that the original term wasn't something else.

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at 30 Jan 2009: 17:24

>>7

Only because americans simplified it due to being shit at orthography, doesn't mean that the original term wasn't something else.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trawling

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