"Annabel" wrote in message
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Please tell, what's a "troll".

Despite the mythological references that computer people tend to prefer, the
name seems to have arisen from a fishing technique, trolling, in which you
throw out a baited line behind a boat and wait to see what bites. A Usenet
troll does much the same thing - posts a deliberately controversial message,
intended to generate responses from the people who take the bait. This is
Usenet trolling, hence someone who does it is a troll.

Colin Bignell