trollface

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Compound of troll (grotesque creature which lives in hills or under bridges) +‎ face.

Noun

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trollface (plural trollfaces)

  1. (slang, derogatory) An ugly, unpleasant, or otherwise objectionable person.
    • 1985, Byrna Barclay, The Last Echo, NeWest Press, →ISBN, page 32:
      You brought them home, old trollface, but you did it your own way, not mine.
    • 1992, Susan Wojciechowski, Promises to Keep, Knopf, →ISBN, page 3:
      "Hi, dollface," he said to me.
      "Hi, trollface," Tracy answered for both of us.
    • 2014, Holly Hook, Torn, unnumbered page:
      "Hey, I'm sure Mrs. Trollface has some horror lined up for me, too. We can have detention together."
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:trollface.

Etymology 2

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The trollface

Compound of troll (person who provokes others for personal amusement or to cause disruption) +‎ face.

Alternative forms

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Proper noun

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trollface

  1. (Internet slang) An illustration of a face with a cartoonishly wide, maniacal grin (from a comic drawn by Carlos Ramirez and originally posted on the 4chan community[1]), typically featured in image macros to convey trolling, mockery, or humorous intent.
    • 2011 February 28, “‘Troll Face’ mask promises to delight geek partygoers”, in Uol News, Rodrigo Vitulli:
      Geek revelers. This is a very rare antagonism. Maybe it doesn't even exist. But if it exists, Gigablog leaves here a fantasy tip. Carnatroll is a mask with the face of the most famous meme on the internet, the Trollface.
    • 2011 March 24, “Land of a million memes”, in The Gateway, volume 101, number 42, University of Alberta, page 18:
      Thanks to the Trollface meme, those with a secret affinity for the hilarious ways of trolling now have a figure to worship.
    • 2012, Sean Rockey & Alexander Bevier, "Memes", The Current (Green River Community College), Volume 46, Issue 10, 7 May 2012, page 9:
      People took trollface and pasted it into other comics, whenever a character was either being a pest or generally annoying people.
    • 2013, Roger Whitson, Jason Whittaker, William Blake and the Digital Humanities: Collaboration, Participation, and Social Media, Routledge, →ISBN, page 111:
      The trollface is a visual representation of what someone might look like when engaging in trolling.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:trollface.

References

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  1. ^ Patrick Klepek, "The Maker Of The Trollface Meme Is Counting His Money", Kotaku, 8 April 2015

Further reading

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