RIP troll

English

Noun

RIP troll (plural RIP trolls)

  1. (Internet) An Internet troll who leaves deliberately offensive messages on online memorials to the deceased.
    • 2015, Whitney Phillips, This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things (page 84)
      Furthermore, they illustrated RIP trolls' deeply privileged (not to mention paternalistic) worldview, which the trolls subsequently used to justify what were still often quite destructive behaviors.
    • 2018, Jill Anne Morris, The Internet as a Game
      He uses trolling techniques to fight back against trolls that he particularly finds malevolent—specifically pedophiles and RIP trolls.
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