Matthew Brown wrote:
Whether or not 'persistent troublemaker' equates to 'troll' is dependent on one's definition of troll. By my definition, not all persistent troublemakers are trolls; the repeated blatant vandaliser, for instance, isn't a troll by my definition, yet they may be as much encouraged by recognition.
It takes 24 keystrokes to enter "persistent troublemaker" and only 5 to enter "troll". Similarly, it takes only 3 keystrokes to proclaim "NPA" (not counting the shift key); that certainly beats explaining the whole thing to someone. This is the place where elaborate templates are devised to save a few keystrokes.
Evidently a suffering language is the price of convenience.
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