feed the troll

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Verb

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feed the troll (third-person singular simple present feeds the troll, present participle feeding the troll, simple past and past participle fed the troll)

  1. (Internet) To respond to someone who posts deliberately inflammatory or disruptive statements, such as to a newsgroup or other online forum.
    The man rejected the business forum moderator's advice and decided to feed the troll by answering his irrelevant question whether he could host a game show.