cave troll
Underground fantasy monster
A cave troll is a large, brutish creature from fantasy fiction—typically dwelling underground, strong but dim-witted, and hostile to intruders.
The term gained wide recognition from Tolkien's *The Lord of the Rings* and subsequent adaptations.
Online, calling someone a cave troll suggests they're a particularly unsophisticated internet troll lurking in comment sections: Don't engage with the cave trolls in the YouTube comments.
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