Similar to the Duckrolled internet fad that was around about a year ago. Rickrolled is generally used on forums, message boards, or IRC. You click a link expecting to see something relating to the thread, and instead it takes you to the Rick Astley music video "Never gonna give you up".
Popularized by the SomethingAwful and World of Warcraft forums in March of 2007, it's starting to disperse onto more websites as of May.
Popularized by the SomethingAwful and World of Warcraft forums in March of 2007, it's starting to disperse onto more websites as of May.
Someone posts a thread that says "check out my new car", when you click the link it takes you to a YouTube video of Rick Astley's "Never gonna give you up" music video. To which you usually reply with a derogatory remarks or "RICKROLLED."
by J.Caspy420 May 14, 2007
by Whatwhowhere April 14, 2010
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 May 19, 2007
To be decieved into clicking a youtube link on an internet message board that leads to a 'Rick Astley - Never gonna give you up' video, under the pretense of it being something else. Has its origins in 4chan and World of Warcraft boards.
"Hmm 'click here for more tentacle hentai', lets see *click*"
"WE'RE NO STRANGERS TO LOVE, YOU KNOW THE RULES AND SO DO I....."
"fuuuuuuuck I've been rickrolled!"
"WE'RE NO STRANGERS TO LOVE, YOU KNOW THE RULES AND SO DO I....."
"fuuuuuuuck I've been rickrolled!"
by Julez83 May 17, 2007
Rickrolled is when someone falsely links you to a site with images and/or videos of Rick Astley.
The most used video of Ricks' is the song "Never gonna give you up" made in the eighties.
The most used video of Ricks' is the song "Never gonna give you up" made in the eighties.
by Garry Stewart. May 23, 2007
The verb used to describe that you clicked a misleading youtube(Or another video hosting website) link that leads you to a video that is very silly instead of the video described. It derives from the Halo 3 GameFAQs/Gamespot forum where a Rick Roll music video was commonly linked in place of the video misleadingly described as a Halo 3 gameplay video.
by VioletZer0 May 15, 2007
Being fooled by a seamingly awesome YouTube video link given on a forum or a blog which is ultimatly a link to the music video of Never Gonna Give You Up from the 80's english pop star, Rick Astley.
The infamous "rickroller" below named marcellus67 will promote, in the following example, on a forum thread, a particularly incredible video by using of exagerated sensionnalism with the idea to catch the attention of those deviant perverts. Those same perverts, overly excited by the idea of that primate pleasuring that whore, will click on that YouTube link with the quickness only to hear the first note of Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley and be amazed by his ginger awesomeness.
The infamous "rickroller" below named marcellus67 will promote, in the following example, on a forum thread, a particularly incredible video by using of exagerated sensionnalism with the idea to catch the attention of those deviant perverts. Those same perverts, overly excited by the idea of that primate pleasuring that whore, will click on that YouTube link with the quickness only to hear the first note of Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley and be amazed by his ginger awesomeness.
Posted on May 11th 2007, 11h26, by marcellus67
INCREDIBLE!! DOUBLE FISTING OF A THAI PROSTITUTE BY A CHIMPANZE!!
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omg, you guys.. You HAVE to see that video, it's so gnarly!
htp://www.yo*tube.com/?watch?24F2G
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Posted on May 11th 2007, 11h28, by hornyjim
FUCK YOU MARCELLUS!! THAT WASN'T FUNNY AT ALL. I HAVE BEEN F*CKING RICKROLLED.
INCREDIBLE!! DOUBLE FISTING OF A THAI PROSTITUTE BY A CHIMPANZE!!
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omg, you guys.. You HAVE to see that video, it's so gnarly!
htp://www.yo*tube.com/?watch?24F2G
............................
Posted on May 11th 2007, 11h28, by hornyjim
FUCK YOU MARCELLUS!! THAT WASN'T FUNNY AT ALL. I HAVE BEEN F*CKING RICKROLLED.
by Nicolas Trudel May 16, 2007