troll

Reader's Digest 11月号の単語クイズ 'WORD POWER' から取り上げる2問目です。

troll (n.)

A. professional hacker
B. hardware defect
C. online bully

質問は上記A.B.Cの3択です。正解は翌日明かします。
昨日の問題 "dox" の正解はCで、例文は The judge was doxxed by angry activists who published her home address online.
辞書を見ると、 "doxx" とも綴られるとありました。
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: to publicly identify or publish private information about (someone) especially as a form of punishment or revenge
・Wiktionary: To publish personal information (of an individual) on the Internet.: In that frame of mind, the worst thing that can happen will always be online. Being doxxed or ridiculed, for example, outweighs the offline risks of wasted time, poor health, or arrest.