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Re:Reddit Has Become a Battleground of Alleged Chinese Trolls by cmroanirgo on Friday March 15, 2019 @04:41PM (#19404081)
This is my understanding, but it appears we're not correct. A cave dweller is a troglodyte, but a troll is not specifically a monster under a bridge. In fact, an old English term for walking is to troll [0]. It would appear that this is where the terms stroll and trolley come from.

[0] https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/troll

[1] https://www.etymonline.com/word/troll

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Re:Reddit Has Become a Battleground of Alleged Chinese Trolls by braythwayt on Saturday March 16, 2019 @09:34AM (#19407743)
A troll is not specifically the monster under the bridge, no. The troll under the bridge is from one fairy tale about trolls, and I find that the closest use of troll to what Internet Trolls do.

But no, trolls in general do not live under bridges. Agreed.

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