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1. To be bamboozled into following a hyperlink to Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" 80s music video on YouTube. Typically found on Internet discussion forums where the unsuspecting user clicks on the aforementioned link, cleverly disguised as something pertinent to the non-Rick-related discussion at hand.
The exact origins of this practical joke and subsequent naming are unknown but "rickrolling" first appeared early to mid May in 2007.
1. To be bamboozled into following a hyperlink to Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" 80s music video on YouTube. Typically found on Internet discussion forums where the unsuspecting user clicks on the aforementioned link, cleverly disguised as something pertinent to the non-Rick-related discussion at hand.
The exact origins of this practical joke and subsequent naming are unknown but "rickrolling" first appeared early to mid May in 2007.
by SaqB June 11, 2007
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by Whatwhowhere April 14, 2010
Get the Rickrolled mug.When you click a link anticipating certain content, but instead find a video of Rick Astley's one hit wonder "Never gonna give you up"
by madddskillz June 11, 2007
Get the rickrolled mug.Popular forum prank started in 2007. Someone will post a link to a Rick Astley video from the 1980s (Astley is a gay-looking pop singer from the 80s), but disguise it as a link to something else. Victims of the prank are then said to have been "rickrolled".
prankster:
sup all, there's a new Harry Potter trailer! Check it out!
<insert disguised link to Rick Astley video here>
response:
wtf? where's the harry potter trailer?
prankster:
you just got rickrolled!!!11! lol
sup all, there's a new Harry Potter trailer! Check it out!
<insert disguised link to Rick Astley video here>
response:
wtf? where's the harry potter trailer?
prankster:
you just got rickrolled!!!11! lol
by rebel7254 June 7, 2007
Get the rickrolled mug.Being tricked to watch "Rick Astley - Never gonna give you up" through a post on forums, the video usually leads to a youtube video
OMFG CHECK OUT THIS SKILL - (link video)
My new pvp video is really good, check it out (link video)
Rickrolled.
My new pvp video is really good, check it out (link video)
Rickrolled.
by Moond June 2, 2007
Get the rickrolled mug.Opening a youtube link that is supposed to be something of great interest to a forum community,only to end up to the 80s Rick Astley hit "Never gonna give you up".
Forum thread title"starcraft universe mmo video leak"
Post 1 from the OP"OMG a video leaked from blizz hq,youtube link here"
Hiting the link gets you Rickrolled.
Post 1 from the OP"OMG a video leaked from blizz hq,youtube link here"
Hiting the link gets you Rickrolled.
by cowl June 5, 2007
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