Question of the Day #112

今回は、一つの見出しから二つの用語・イディオム。
Two for one today. :)

"NY Dem has a brilliant way to troll Republicans who are afraid to face the music after voting for Trumpcare"

From the headline of this article at the Raw Story.

上記の文で、trollとface the musicの意味は？
In the sentence above, what do "troll" and "face the music" mean?

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明日、ここに答えを書きます。
I will add the answer and other remarks here tomorrow.

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解答

trollの意味： 英辞郎によると、


〈俗〉〔インターネットの掲示板・チャット・メーリングリストなどで〕釣りをする、挑発的メッセージを投稿する

例文の場合は、インターネット用語ではないが、ほぼ同じ意味で使用されているので、「挑発する」が適訳でしょう。

face the musicの意味： 英辞郎によると、

〈話〉自分の言動の報いを受ける［結果を潔く受け止める］

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster "troll" in this example means:

to antagonize (others) online by deliberately posting inflammatory, irrelevant, or offensive comments or other disruptive content

According to Dictionary.com "face the music" means:

to meet, take, or accept the consequences of one'smistakes, actions, etc.

Etymology/語源

Oxford Dictionariesによると、trollは、

1992年に初めて使用された。恐らく北欧神話のtrollから。

The Phrase Finderによると、face the musicは、

19世紀半ばにアメリカで初めて使用された。最も古い記録として残っているものは、The New Hampshire Statesman & State Journalの1834年8月の下記の使用例である。

"Will the editor of the Courier explain this black affair. We want no equivocation - 'face the music' this time."

由来は、不名誉な除隊となった将校が太鼓の音とともに除隊されたこととする説が一つ。もう一つの有力な説は、舞台の役者がオーケストラピットに向かって演技をしたからと言われている。

According to Oxford Dictionaries troll's origin is:

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘stroll, roll’): origin uncertain; compare with Old French troller ‘wander here and there (in search of game)’ and Middle High German trollen ‘stroll’. The computing senses (first recorded in 1992) are probably influenced by troll.

According to The Phrase Finder face the music's origin is:

It may help to pinpoint the origin to know that the phrase appears to be mid 19th American in origin. The earliest citation I can find for the phrase is from The New Hampshire Statesman & State Journal, August 1834:

"Will the editor of the Courier explain this black affair. We want no equivocation - 'face the music' this time."

A commonly repeated assertion is that 'face the music' originated from the tradition of disgraced officers being 'drummed out' of their regiment. A second popular theory is that it was actors who 'faced the music', that is, faced the orchestra pit, when they went on stage.

Examples

Troll

• … trolls engage in the most outrageous and offensive behaviors possible—all the better to troll you with. — Whitney Phillips
• ‘if people are obviously trolling then I'll delete your posts and do my best to ban you’
• ‘you folks taking this opportunity to troll me, you really need to reassess your values in your life’
• Violentacrez and his ilk were free to troll: to post objectionable, offensive garbage.

Face the music

• He's squandered his money and now he's got to face the music.
• If you have done something wrong, you have to face the music.
• The children broke the window pane while playing and had to face the music when their parents returned home.
• If you don’t complete the project on time, you will have to face the music when the boss asks for a status report.
• If you keep breaking the rules, sooner or later you will be caught and then you will have to face the music.