Wiktionary:Word of the day/2023/February 6

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Word of the day
for February 6
rickroll v (transitive)
  1. (originally Internet slang) To mislead (someone) into following a seemingly innocuous hyperlink, or sometimes a QR code, that leads to a YouTube video of Rick Astley's song "Never Gonna Give You Up".
  2. (by extension)
    1. To surprise or trick (someone) into listening to this song in a live setting.
    2. To cause (someone) to unexpectedly engage with this song through an indirect method, such as through steganography, sheet music, or by inserting the lyrics into an unrelated context.

rickroll n

  1. (Internet slang) An act of or attempt at rickrolling.

Happy birthday, Rick Astley! The British pop singer and songwriter, who lent his name to the word, was born on this day in 1966.

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