# SD Vocabulary
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-vocabulary/123059
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**Created:** [August 9, 2002, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-vocabulary/123059 "2002-08-09T00:45:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@TheSparkofCreation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSparkofCreation)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2002, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-vocabulary/123059/1 "2002-08-09T00:45:04Z")
As a new poster, there are quite a few terms floating about that I don’t recognize. So, I propose that the vets fill in the newbs about the common SD vocab. I’ll start ya’ll off-- What’s a “troll”?
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### Author:  [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2002, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-vocabulary/123059/2 "2002-08-09T02:12:08Z")
Do a Search here in ATMB for “any date” on “troll” and “trolling”.
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### Author:  [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2002, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-vocabulary/123059/3 "2002-08-09T03:31:07Z")
Staff Report: [What is a troll?](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mtroll.html)
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### Author:  [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2002, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-vocabulary/123059/4 "2002-08-11T01:13:57Z")
[NetLingo](http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm) - a lot of those are used over here as well.