Lancecastor
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Good question. One person's answer may not be what some of us are thinking. I remember a Troll being a tiny, fat, ugly man dressed in rags, living under a bridge and slobbering when pretty ladies walk past.
Hey, that fits the description of Lancie and others here.![]()
In Internet slang, a troll (/ˈtroʊl/, /ˈtrɒl/) is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting quarrels or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal, on-topic discussion, often for the troll's amusement.
I suggest that the GB is and has always been a Trolling Forum.