# What's a Trock? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 22, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-trock/1000624 "2024-04-22T16:47:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-trock/1000624/1 "2024-04-22T16:47:11Z")
I saw a thread where a poster was listed as “BANNED as Troll or Trock”. I know what a Troll is, but “Trock” is a new one. ---
**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-trock/1000624/2 "2024-04-22T16:54:03Z")
It’s a portmanteau of “troll” and “sock”. So a banned member who has come back to troll. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-trock/1000624/3 "2024-04-22T18:11:09Z")
We have a bunch of obsessed ex-posters that return again and again. They are the Trocks as opposed to just a Troll or a poster Socking. The one you saw is either an old poster with dozens of profiles over the years or a newer Trock that is on at least their third user profile. Sometimes it is hard to be 100% sure on which. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-trock/1000624/4 "2024-04-22T18:49:33Z")
Thanks. I are edumacated now! And of course “Trockin and a’trollin” is now running through my head. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-trock/1000624/5 "2024-04-22T21:20:50Z")
imho, it’d be handy if “BANNED as Troll or Trock” was in a different place/font/color as it currently looks like one of those custom titles… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-trock/1000624/6 "2024-04-22T21:33:56Z")
You’re right, that would be nice, but I don’t think we have any way to add any formatting to that field. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-trock/1000624/7 "2024-04-22T22:36:00Z")
The usual convention is to put BANNED in capital letters. I find I’ve gotten used to that convention, making it stand out for me. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-trock/1000624/8 "2024-04-22T22:37:44Z")
The BANNED was in caps in the post that caught my eye, which I suspect is why it did so. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-trock/1000624/9 "2024-04-22T22:38:01Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > And of course “Trockin and a’trollin” is now running through my head. Trock trock trock trock, trock ‘n’ troll high school! (With apologies to the Ramones) ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-trock/1000624/10 "2024-04-22T22:41:26Z")
We’re gonna trock around the clock tonight! ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-trock/1000624/11 "2024-04-22T22:51:08Z")
Trockin’ and a-trollin, trockin’ and a treelin’, Barbara Ann! ---
**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:** [April 22, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-trock/1000624/12 "2024-04-22T23:22:14Z")
Trocks and trolls are here to stay, They will never die. It was meant to be that way, Though I don’t know why. I don’t care what people say, Trocks and trolls are here to stay. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-trock/1000624/13 "2024-04-22T23:25:36Z")
🎶 Hot patootie, bless my soul, I really love that trock and troll! 🎶 ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-trock/1000624/14 "2024-04-22T23:41:37Z")
Sigh. Now I have the Sesame Street version of Telephone Rock stuck in my head. (Is there a non-Sesame Street version?) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-trock/1000624/15 "2024-04-23T07:04:04Z")
An April day, posting on the Straight Dope I am alone. Sitting in mom’s basement, typing lots of crap I will annoy you 'til I make you snap I am a trock, I am the vile one. And a sock has no brain and a troll always lies. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-trock/1000624/16 "2024-04-23T22:38:38Z")
With apologies to The Clash (Rock the Casbah) By order of the Admins We ban those jerkish folk Who degenerate the posters With their pugilistic words But the Dummies that they bring out For their ventriloquist acts Get picked off by the admins As a midnight snack. As soon as the Admins clear them from the board They begin to wail The A-a-dmins don’t like it Trockin’ the Straight Dope Trockin’ the Straight Dope The A-a-dmins don’t like it Trockin’ the Straight Dope Trockin’ the Straight Dope Now in camelid snark rooms Oh, they really pack 'em in The in-crowd say it’s cool Twisting words and propagating lies. They break wind in our direction But no one really cares ‘Cause we’re too busy living Successful lives The A-a-dmins don’t like it Trockin’ the Straight Dope Trockin’ the Straight Dope The A-a-dmins don’t like it Trockin’ the Straight Dope Trockin’ the Straight Dope ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-trock/1000624/17 "2024-04-23T23:00:58Z")
I want to trock with you baby, all night long I want to trock with you baby till the break of dawn I want to trock with you baby all night long ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-trock/1000624/18 "2024-04-24T00:23:16Z")
Ok, that was good. Kudos. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-trock/1000624/19 "2024-04-24T00:28:06Z")
Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-trock/1000624/20 "2024-04-24T02:47:32Z")
We’re gonna trock this board, Trock it inside out, We’re gonna trock this board, Make 'em scream and shout. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-trock/1000624.md?page=2)