# What do you call a person who trolls a troll? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 8, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158 "2022-05-08T22:31:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EastUmpqua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eastumpqua/32/6025_2.png) [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/1 "2022-05-08T22:31:06Z")
Troll squared. I’ll show myself out… ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/2 "2022-05-09T00:17:14Z")
See…? And there’s your second power… ( I’ll get me coat… ) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/3 "2022-05-09T00:33:39Z")
Trollbaiter. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/4 "2022-05-09T01:39:06Z")
Troll Squared[_ **?** _](https://youtu.be/sL5YdcjAK9k?t=43) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/5 "2022-05-09T04:26:55Z")
Since you are trying to one-up a troll, wouldn’t that make you a trollup? ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/6 "2022-05-09T06:18:10Z")
A controller. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/7 "2022-05-09T06:51:02Z")
A god damn hero. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/8 "2022-05-09T10:45:11Z")
A troll house cookie? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/9 "2022-05-09T10:51:48Z")
Stephen Trollbert ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/10 "2022-05-09T12:59:28Z")
A billy goat? ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/11 "2022-05-09T13:15:39Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Stephen Trollbert I’m sure he’s much taller than Stephen… ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/12 "2022-05-09T13:19:12Z")
Trololo? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/13 "2022-05-09T14:45:31Z")
A con-troll, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/14 "2022-05-09T14:52:34Z")
**[Trolljegeren](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trollhunter)** [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1e/TrollHunter.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1e/TrollHunter.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/15 "2022-05-09T15:06:54Z")
A troll mole? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/16 "2022-05-09T15:41:08Z")
Who’s the more trollish, the troll or the troll who follows him? ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/17 "2022-05-09T16:16:03Z")
Even better, when you beat back a Troll after an attack, are you ever really a Troll? ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/18 "2022-05-09T20:00:48Z")
It was necessary to destroy the thread in order to save it… ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/19 "2022-05-09T20:36:03Z")
Trollceptors! Because they intercept trolls like fighter/missile interceptors, and because a troll that trolls other trolls does so by getting inside said trolls head. And that troll in turn was trying to inside you (the reader’s) head to torque you off. It’s troll-inception! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158/20 "2022-05-09T21:21:51Z")
eh, forget it [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158.md?page=2)