RIP troll

English

Noun

RIP troll (plural RIP trolls)

1. (Internet) An Internet troll who leaves deliberately offensive messages on online memorials to the deceased.
   • 2015, Whitney Phillips, This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, page 84:

     Furthermore, they illustrated RIP trolls' deeply privileged (not to mention paternalistic) worldview, which the trolls subsequently used to justify what were still often quite destructive behaviors.

   • 2018, Jill Anne Morris, The Internet as a Game:

     He uses trolling techniques to fight back against trolls that he particularly finds malevolent—specifically pedophiles and RIP trolls.