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Throughout the first half of 2009, '''Trollface''' quickly gained favor with Redditors and [[Rage Comics|Rage Comic]] artists in particular, in part owing to the rapid growth of the /r/f7u12 subreddit around that same time. On August 1st, 2009, the first ''Urban Dictionary'' definition for "'''Trollface'''" was submitted by user A Terrible Driver. Thousands of additional webcomic and photoshopped instances featuring the face can be found Tumblr, Cheezburger, Reddit, Facebook, Quickmeme and Memegenerator among many others. | Throughout the first half of 2009, '''Trollface''' quickly gained favor with Redditors and [[Rage Comics|Rage Comic]] artists in particular, in part owing to the rapid growth of the /r/f7u12 subreddit around that same time. On August 1st, 2009, the first ''Urban Dictionary'' definition for "'''Trollface'''" was submitted by user A Terrible Driver. Thousands of additional webcomic and photoshopped instances featuring the face can be found Tumblr, Cheezburger, Reddit, Facebook, Quickmeme and Memegenerator among many others. | ||
=== Copyright Infringement Dispute === | |||
On July 16th, 2011, a screenshot of an email sent to an undisclosed recipient from a man named [[Carlos Ramirez]] claiming to be Whynne was posted to Reddit. The email stated that the use of '''Trollface''' on Reddit violated his copyright on the image and requested the subreddit to be removed from the site. | On July 16th, 2011, a screenshot of an email sent to an undisclosed recipient from a man named [[Carlos Ramirez]] claiming to be Whynne was posted to Reddit. The email stated that the use of '''Trollface''' on Reddit violated his copyright on the image and requested the subreddit to be removed from the site. | ||
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{{Quote|U MAD BRO?|A phrase commonly associated with Trollface}} | {{Quote|U MAD BRO?|A phrase commonly associated with Trollface}} | ||
{{Quote|Problem?|Another phrase commonly associated with Trollface}} | {{Quote|Problem?|Another phrase commonly associated with Trollface}} | ||
{{Quote|Problem, ___(-f*g)?|}} | {{Quote|Problem, ___(-f*g)?}} | ||
{{Quote|___ will go bankrupt!|A phrase commonly used in [[Troll Science]]}} | |||
==Relationships== | ==Relationships== | ||