# Jonah fishing

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The situation in which a user who has been trolled claims that they only posted in order to bait the troll into a response.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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