Talk:rickroll
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Sense 2: "by extension, to harass with misleading hyperlinks of this kind." (Wikipedia doesn't seem to think so!) Equinox ◑ 17:29, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
- I don’t see a useful difference between the two given senses. It is as if we had two senses for the verb prank: (1) “To perform a practical joke on someone” and (2) “To annoy someone by performing a practical joke on them”. So IMO sense 2 can be deleted anyway without loss. I have never seen or heard the term used other than where following the link led to, specifically, a performance by Astley of the song “Never Gonna Give You Up”. Unless someone finds an evidently broader use, sense 1 should be narrowed. --Lambiam 21:47, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 22:35, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
Unnecessary subdivision of sense[edit]
@Ioaxxere: regarding your edit, I really don't think it is necessary to make such fine distinctions. Please try and rewrite sense 2 so that it encompasses these shades of meaning. — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:28, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
- Alright, I've combined two of the senses which I admit are virtually identical. The usex should clarify the distinction between the three remaining senses now. Ioaxxere (talk) 20:11, 27 November 2022 (UTC)