trollbuddy

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noun

A person with whom one trolls or a fellow troll on a particular message board, newsgroup, etc.

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Meanings

nountrollbuddy (plural trollbuddies)

plural trollbuddies

  1. InternetA person with whom one trolls or a fellow troll on a particular message board, newsgroup, etc.

    "Oh, look, everyone -- our friend Gabe must've persuaded one of his trollbuddies over on alt.flame to drop by, after all!"

    1998 November 25, Pat Knight, “Re: A rant”, in alt.callahans (Usenet)
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    Why should I, you and your sicko trollbuddies Riddles and BingoTroll do such a good job jamming up alt.cats with lies on your own.

    2002 May 17, Bob Brenchley, “Re: Animal Abuse”, in alt.cats (Usenet)

    Sometimes they have 2 or 3 flamers suddenly on a board...all beginning at the same time, often supporting the other screenname...too stupid to know people will know they are one person or trollbuddies.

    2002 June 30, !PowerUser! [username], “Re: I LOVE WINDOWS, I LOVE WINDOWS!!!!!”, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (Usenet)

Origin

From troll + buddy.

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APA

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

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Chicago

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