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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Troll-O-Meter</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../T.html" title="T"/><link rel="previous" href="troll.html" title="troll"/><link rel="next" href="tron.html" title="tron"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Troll-O-Meter</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="troll.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">T</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="tron.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Troll-O-Meter"/><dt xmlns="" id="Troll-O-Meter"><b>Troll-O-Meter</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Common Usenet jargon for a notional instrument used to measure the
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provocation level of a Usenet <a href="troll.html"><i class="glossterm">troll</i></a>. “<span class="quote">Come on,
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everyone! If the above doesn't set off the Troll-O-Meter, we're going to
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have to get him to run around with a big blinking sign saying ‘I am a
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troll, I’m only in it for the controversy and flames', and shooting
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random gobs of Jell-O(tm) at us before the point is proven.</span>”
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Mentions of the Troll-O-Meter are often accompanied by an ASCII picture of
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an arrow pointing at a numeric scale. Compare
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<a href="../B/bogometer.html"><i class="glossterm">bogometer</i></a>,
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<a href="../I/Indent-o-Meter.html"><i class="glossterm">Indent-o-Meter</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="troll.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../T.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="tron.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">troll </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> tron</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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