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These words mean something different when used online.

'Tis true 'tis true

It's because the internet wasn't around when words were originated so instead of making up new words for internet things they just take the most random existing words possible.

I think "cookies" is the funniest one.

Troll is misunderstood. It doesn’t mean the creature who lives under a bridge. It means to troll, the way a fishing boat trolls for fish. Trolling is posting something strange or controversial, hoping people will take the bait and post a reaction the troll (or more accuratly the troller) will find amusing.

I recently trolled youtube. The video was a synopsis of a movie with a very strange and improbable plot. I posted "This sort of thing happens more often than you might think".
To which someone replied "What the hell is that supposed to mean?". Thus my troll was successful.

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