concern-trolling
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
concern-trolling
- present participle and gerund of concern-troll
Noun[edit]
concern-trolling
- gerund of concern-troll
- 2019 February 26, “The Return of the Inexplicable Republican Best Friend”, in FAIR.org:
- It’s a trope that dates back more than a decade, but the rise of Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has seen a recent surge in the Inexplicable Republican Best Friend (IRPF), a specific genre of concern-trolling where a long-time Republican operative, politician or pundit offers “advice” to Democrats about how they should avoid going “too far left.”
- 2023 April 4, Christine Kelley, “If we lose the Internet Archive, we're screwed”, in The Statesman[1]:
- Not only is this concern-trolling disingenuous, but the ruling itself, grounded in copyright, is a smack against fair use. It brings us one step closer to perpetual copyright – the idea that individuals should own their work forever.