trollbuddy

English

Etymology

troll +‎ buddy

Noun

trollbuddy (plural trollbuddies)

1. (Internet) A person with whom one trolls or a fellow troll on a particular message board, newsgroup, etc.
   • 1998 November 25, Pat Knight, “Re: A rant”, in alt.callahans‎^[1] (Usenet):

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

   • 2002 May 17, Bob Brenchley, “Re: Animal Abuse”, in alt.cats‎^[2] (Usenet):

     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 June 30, !PowerUser! [username], “Re: I LOVE WINDOWS, I LOVE WINDOWS!!!!!”, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general‎^[3] (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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:trollbuddy.