Troll-O-Meter definition

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  Troll-O-Meter n. Common Usenet jargon for a notional instrument used to
     measure the provocation level of a Usenet {troll}. "Come on, everyone!
     If the above doesn't set off the Troll-O-Meter, we're going to have to
     get him to run around with a big blinking sign saying `I am a troll, I'm
     only in it for the controversy and flames' and shooting random gobs of
     Jell-O(tm) at us before the point is proven." Mentions of the


     Troll-O-Meter are often accompanied by an ASCII picture of an arrow
     pointing at a numeric scale. Compare {bogometer}, {Indent-o-Meter}.
  
  

















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