troll

troll

Personne qui publie des commentaires en ligne pour contrarier les gens ou provoquer des disputes par amusement.

En anglais simple : Someone who posts comments online to upset people or start arguments for amusement.

• Ignore the troll in the comments.
• Several trolls tried to spoil the discussion.
• She blocked a troll who kept insulting her posts.

Synonymes : provocateur, troublemaker

Expressions courantes : internet troll, online troll, ignore a troll

troll

Créature laide ressemblant à un humain dans les contes, vivant souvent sous les ponts ou dans les grottes.

En anglais simple : An ugly creature like a person in traditional stories, often living under bridges or in caves.

• A troll lived under the bridge.
• The children drew pictures of trolls.
• In the story, a clever girl tricks the hungry troll.

Synonymes : trow

Expressions courantes : mountain troll, troll under a bridge, wicked troll

troll politique

Personne qui répand des mensonges ou provoque des disputes, souvent en ligne, au service d’une campagne politique organisée.

En anglais simple : Someone who spreads lies or causes arguments, often online, to support an organized political campaign.

• The campaign employed paid trolls.
• Investigators traced the false posts to a network of trolls.
• Political trolls used fake accounts to attack the candidate.

Expressions courantes : paid troll, political troll, troll farm

troller

Publier volontairement des commentaires sur internet pour énerver les autres ou provoquer une dispute.

En anglais simple : To post comments online deliberately intended to upset people or turn a discussion into an argument.

• He likes to troll in the comments.
• She was trolling the discussion with ridiculous claims.
• Stop trolling and answer the question seriously.

Synonymes : provoke, bait

Expressions courantes : troll a discussion, troll a forum, troll someone online

troller

Causer volontairement des problèmes dans un groupe en ligne pour empêcher son fonctionnement normal.

En anglais simple : To deliberately cause trouble in an online group so that it cannot work normally.

• They troll the forum every evening.
• Someone trolled our online support group.
• The moderators banned users who were trolling the community.

Synonymes : disrupt

Expressions courantes : troll a forum, troll a community, troll a chat

harceler, troller

Attaquer ou importuner quelqu’un de façon répétée par des messages ou des commentaires sur internet.

En anglais simple : To repeatedly attack or upset someone through messages or comments on the internet.

• Strangers began to troll her online.
• He blocked the accounts that were trolling him.
• They have trolled the journalist for months.

Synonymes : harass, cyberbully

Expressions courantes : troll someone online, troll someone repeatedly, troll someone relentlessly