Dear Internet,

[rm]

Please to be learning the difference between "troll" and "trawl".

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[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

To be fair, in Polari Troll basically means trawl. :D "Trolling the bars" was an expression from the sixties/seventies but as "trolling the internet" has caught on I've stopped using it. :D

[00goddess.livejournal.com]

It's been in use in English since around the 15th century c.e.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Makes sense, as Polari makes use of quite a few antique English/French words.

[00goddess.livejournal.com]

Well, I remember it from a Garfield cartoon when I was a kid, so I don't really think of it as ancient :D