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Troll actually means a similar thing!

• oarsinsync 4y ago
  OED confirms, TIL! Thanks!
  • wlonkly 4y ago
    And that's why Internet trolling is called that -- back in the Usenet days it was "trolling for newbies". Dragging your baited line around and seeing who'd bite.
• jvanderbot 4y ago
  In this case troll makes even more sense as it involves dragging bait around rather than nets.