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No, “trolling” is actually correct. It’s less widely used than the meaning you refer to these days though. > the act of searching among a large number or many
by JimDabell 3y ago
No, “trolling” is actually correct. It’s less widely used than the meaning you refer to these days though.
> the act of searching among a large number or many different places in order to find people or information you want
> It takes me 45 minutes of trolling on the internet and I’m still confused.
— https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/trolling https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/trolling
- scarface_74 3y agoToday I learned: while trawling is probably the word I should have used, I was unintentionally correct either way…
- teh_klev 3y ago"Mainly US" though which explains a lot ;) I see as well that the US English spelling for "trawl" (as in fishing) is troll. Again, mainly US.
- nerdponx 3y agoI would bet $30 that "weary" is listed as an alternative spelling for "wary" in Merriam Webster by 2030.