verb
General Slang
trolling
· verb · polari
Polari: to walk about, especially while cruising for trade.
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In Polari, to troll means to walk about, mooch around, stroll the streets, specifically with the eyes open for 'trade' (a sexual partner). Picture a slow saunter through the right park or street with intent. This is the old gay-slang sense, completely separate from the internet meaning of winding people up online.
“He was trolling the prom for hours, vada-ing every omi who walked past.”
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trolling In A Sentence
He was trolling the prom for hours, vada-ing every omi who walked past.
Origin & Usage
Polari, the coded language of pre-1967 British gay subculture. Predates and is unrelated to the modern internet sense of 'trolling'.
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