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[4moreyears]

TROLL:
A supernatural creature of Scandinavian folklore, variously portrayed as a friendly or mischievous dwarf or as a giant, that lives in caves, in the hills, or under bridges.
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GREMLIN:
An imaginary gnomelike creature to whom mechanical problems, especially in aircraft, are attributed. Now days...internet
A maker of mischief.

Word History: Elves, goblins, and trolls seem to be timeless creations of the distant past, but gremlins were born in the 20th century. In fact, gremlin is first recorded only in the 1920s, as a Royal Air Force term for a low-ranking officer or enlisted man saddled with oppressive assignments. Said to have been invented by members of the Royal Naval Air Service in World War I, gremlin is used in works written in the 1940s for “an imaginary gnomelike creature who causes difficulties in aircraft.” The word seems likely to have been influenced by goblin, but accounts of its origin are various and none are certain. One source calls in Fremlin beer bottles to explain the word; another, the Irish Gaelic word gruaimín, “ill-humored little fellow.” Whatever the word's origin, it is certain that gremlins have taken on a life of their own.

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These unwanted visitors from the DU, are really underground in nature and origin. They should take a long dirt nap. I vote that we call them Gremlins, due to the relationship of "being saddled with oppressive assingments" which I contend adequately describes what kerry has enlisted them to do. Carville, Hurley are good examples of "ill-humored little fellows" doing the bidding of their puppet master kerry.
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kerry returned to the United States on July 22, 1971, held a press conference publicly calling on President Nixon... for the surrender of the United States to North Vietnam.

[Gozer]

*Chuckles*

I wouldn't mind calling them something other than trolls. Even though that is the common word for such people online. Your version effects even those offline so I like it for it's broader usage.

Consider me seconding the idea.
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Give em hell Swifties!

Four more in '04!

[Navy_Navy_Navy]

Changed your title so as to not attract they who should not be named.
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[Scott]

As fascinating as this discussion on semantics may be, I'm going to have to move it to the Gedunk soon.


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Bye bye, Boston Straggler!

[Chuck54]

I was under the impression that the term Troll, in the internet sense, was from posters who were "trolling" for dissension among the ranks of the board members. Or "trolling" for hostile reactions in the same manner a fisherman trolls for his quarry.

Gremlins sounds good to me too. But it still conjures up an image of a yucky looking compact car.
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"And no pair has been more wrong, more loudly, more often, than the two Senators from Massachusetts, Ted Kennedy and John Kerry"

Zell Miller

[GenrXr]

Chuck is right!
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"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to stand by and do nothing." Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Founder of Conservative Philosophy

[4moreyears]

Ugly cars that rusted out and burned up rather easily. Sounds like a good idea to me.

Maybe we should term them "PINTOs"
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kerry returned to the United States on July 22, 1971, held a press conference publicly calling on President Nixon... for the surrender of the United States to North Vietnam.

[Guns]

Trolls they are "trolling" for responses...
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CQB Arms

MassGuns

[P. Aaron]