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Re: (OT) Translation: Trolls and their Management

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Monday, January 19, 2004, 3:46
Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...> writes:
>Noun: an unattractive, old man, particularly one who won't take no for an >answer. > >I don't know how accurate Baker's etymology is, but the word is certainly >used >as he sets out (both as a verb and a noun) among the older generations of >UK >gay men.
Most gay men where i live (myself included) use "Bar troll" to mean "unattractive old man who won't take no for an answer". Their habits usually include: - Bad dancing to modern dance music - Groping of young men, because "hey, what have i got to lose?" - Sitting at the bar itself, usually alone, staring at the younger guys. A bar troll graduates to "sugar daddy" when he has lots of money, either won, earned, or inherited :). Money is synonymous with "pheromone" to young, twink-like gay men who really want the finer things in life, and they come running to the "sugar daddies" like flies to shit. ;)