RIP troll

noun

An Internet troll who leaves deliberately offensive messages on online memorials to the deceased.

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Meanings

nounRIP troll (plural RIP trolls)

plural RIP trolls

  1. InternetAn Internet troll who leaves deliberately offensive messages on online memorials to the deceased.

    He uses trolling techniques to fight back against trolls that he particularly finds malevolent—specifically pedophiles and RIP trolls.

    2018, Jill Anne Morris, The Internet as a Game
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    Furthermore, they illustrated RIP trolls' deeply privileged (not to mention paternalistic) worldview, which the trolls subsequently used to justify what were still often quite destructive behaviors.

    2015, Whitney Phillips, This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, page 84
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APA

RIP troll. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/RIP%20troll

MLA

“RIP troll.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/RIP%20troll. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “RIP troll,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/RIP%20troll.

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