troll

One surefire way to annoy a troll is to call their efforts for attention an “obsession.”

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

Spencer Pratt is a showboat, a loudmouth, a troll and a self-proclaimed villain who seems willing to say anything in his quest to be the next mayor of Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026

In fact, entire Reddit forums and YouTube channels are devoted to what’s called “scambaiting,” the practice of intentionally engaging with scammers to frustrate or troll them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Also present is Johnathan Lee Riches, a veteran troll and convicted scammer, who—after finishing a prison term for wire fraud—has successfully rebranded as an investigative journalist.

From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026

If Tano finds Autumn and Ama, they’ll be troll food.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

In true “defend forward” spirit, it can also help cut off foreign trolls and state-backed hackers from what’s needed to run an influence operation, like internet access, servers and accounts.

From Salon ● May 21, 2026

Recent models of the artificial-intelligence chatbot have been bringing up the creatures in conversations with users seemingly out of the blue, as well as gremlins, trolls and ogres.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Why not pretend to dine in a medieval castle in Miracle Mile or look for trolls on a fern-filled hike in Griffith Park?

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

Takahashi says legal action has "a deterrent effect" on online trolls, many of whom he says are in their teens or early 20s.

From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026

She struggles against the grip of the trolls, but to no avail.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

It was here Meghan said she had been "the most trolled person in the world" for 10 years and shared stories of being attacked and bullied online for a decade.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

For two years, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson oversaw work on a documentary about a hip-hop rival he has personally trolled on the internet for even longer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025

The DHS official social media account then trolled Bryan with a video dehumanizing migrants set to his song “Revival.”

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2025

Because, you guys don’t see the hate that a lot of us see online, especially female comedians, all we get is trolled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025

Ted rolled down his window and trolled along beside me.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

Nine days after the Negra Francisca sank, another Ecuadorean fishing boat was trolling the fertile fishing grounds off the Galapagos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

Other analysts say the AI messaging could seek to rally his support base and campaign through trolling.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

The problem, cybersecurity researchers say, is that your trolling may be giving the scammer exactly what they want.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

But this did not stop some from speculating as to whether the platform was "trolling" its users.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

Miles away, we could see the blocky shape of a freighter steaming south, and a few deep-sea boats trolling back and forth.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen