Jonah fishing

Meaning

Noun

  • The situation in which a user who has been trolled claims that he/she only posted in order to bait the troll into a response.

Origin

  • Referring to Jonah in the Bible, who was swallowed by a great fish. See Internet and fishing senses at troll.

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