Rickroll

See also: rickroll and rick-roll

English

Verb

Rickroll (third-person singular simple present Rickrolls, present participle Rickrolling, simple past and past participle Rickrolled)

1. Alternative letter-case form of rickroll
   • 2014 November 26, Tim Donnelly, “10 historic moments from Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade”, in New York Post‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 May 2022:

     In 2008, Astley proved he was a good sport about the joke, interrupting a song on the float for "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends" to Rickroll the parade.

   • 2020, David Pogue, “The Internet Celebrity Culture [Internet Memes 101: A Guide to Online Wackiness]”, in Social Media Influencers: Apps, Algorithms and Celebrities (In the Headlines), New York, N.Y.: New York Times Educational Publishing in association with The Rosen Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 14:

     You send a Web link to someone, promising something exciting or compelling ("Is this you!?")—but the link actually takes your victim to a YouTube video of Rick Astley's 1987 music video, "Never Gonna Give You Up." That's it. That's the joke. Ha! You've been Rickrolled!

   • 2021 October 18, Amy Woodyatt, “Greta Thunberg ‘Rickrolls’ climate concert with crazy dance moves”, in CNN‎^[2], archived from the original on 17 October 2022:

     Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has "Rickrolled" an audience, all in the name of climate activism. Thunberg danced to Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" on Saturday, in front of a crowd at Climate Live, a youth-led concert for climate action.

Noun

Rickroll (plural Rickrolls)

1. Alternative letter-case form of rickroll
   • 2009 April 30, Rick Astley, “moot”, in Time‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: Time Warner Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2022:

     I find some Rickrolls really funny. Have you seen the one with President Barack Obama? Someone has cut up his speeches and put them together so that he sings "Never Gonna Give You Up." It's totally amazing. I find it bonkers, by the way!

   • 2013, Austen Kay, “Teenage Kicks”, in Simon Pont, editor, Digital State: How the Internet is Changing Everything, London, Philadelphia, Pa.: Kogan Page, →ISBN, page 74:

     Now 4chan is the largest active forum in the United States. […] It's the originator of countless memes, including Lolcats and my personal favourite, Rickrolls.

   • 2018 October, Sean Au, Thomas Power, “A Bit of Coin Theory”, in Tokenomics: The Crypto Shift of Blockchains, ICOs, and Tokens (Expert Insight), Birmingham, West Midlands: Packt Publishing, →ISBN, page 47:

     An image of [Nelson] Mandela, the bitcoin logo, Rickrolls, emails from [Satoshi] Nakamoto, and even Valentine's Day messages have all been found on the blockchain […].