Social media words

Learning English Conversations

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🗓️ 22 September 2015

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

'Trolls' and 'haters' are the people who want to annoy you. The names are part of the new vocabulary of social media

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0:12.0	Hello, this is the English way speak with me Lee and me Neil hello what's the matter with you Lee? You're upset. I can tell.
0:23.4	It's about my social media profiles, Neil.
0:26.4	Some people keep posting negative messages all the time on my pages no matter what I write. It's not that they disagree with what I post, they
0:36.6	just criticize everything even when they don't give a proper reason.
0:41.2	Ah, don't worry, Lee.
0:43.0	They might be what people are calling haters.
0:46.0	Haters?
0:47.0	Yes, I've heard this word before.
0:49.3	The verb to hate means to strongly dislike something, doesn't it?
0:54.0	Yes, and the word hater has been used to describe someone who says or writes
0:59.5	unpleasant things about others or criticizes their achievements, especially on the internet.
1:05.0	That's right. And I've also heard, Trau. Is that some kind of creature?
1:11.0	Well, language evolves and old words can take on new meanings. A troll
1:16.3	is an ugly creature from folk tales who often behaves in an antisocial way. But these days we call people who leave deliberately annoying or
1:25.4	upsetting messages on the internet while hiding their true identity
1:29.3	trolls. Troll and Hator are today's expressions in the English we speak.
1:35.0	Let's hear some examples of how they are used.
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