Example 1:
ExeggutorLover:I got rickrolled 3312464124278545231 times...
Rick Astley:Never gonna give you up... you can endure... if you can't... it gonna be...: 3312464124278545232 times...
Example 2:
Tough, Nerd and Smart person...:
Hahaha... nobody can rick roll me...hahahaahahaa...
Friend:Yes..u... WAIT WHAT'S THIS... IT'S THE NEW MOVIE OF STAR WARS... DAMNIT I NEED TO BUY IT...
Tough, Nerd and Smart person:TELL ME THE WEBSITE...
Friend:Here it is...
Tough, Nerd and Smart person:DAMNIT... i got rickrolled...
Example 3:
Pervert: Damn, damn i need the sex tape of Paris Hilton... Chaperone:I know where it is...
Pervert: WHE... nah you're liyin'.
Chaperone:Well it was a free instant access... with free day porn...
Pervert: TELL, TELL...
Chaperone:Ok... *Stupid pervert...*
Pervert:Damn... i got rickrolled...
Example 4:
Gay:Do you know where i can find gay-porno...
Nerd:Have you ever searched: Chris Crocker?
Gay: Yes... and it's a ugly bitch...
Nerd: Ok...here is a cool gay porn page...
hey, gay...
12 minutes later...
GAY!...
Gay: What ... it was cool... thanks for the page...
Nerd: WTF!
When one clicks on a link to a video expecting some fascinating and timely video related directly to the conversation at hand only to discover it is a link to the music video "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley.
Bill said he posted a link to gameplay footage from the new StarCraft game, but instead he rickrolled me!
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!
v.
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.
A recent developed term that pertains to a user being tricked and led to a youtube.com video produced by "cotter548" which directed users to the music video of "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley.
A person will try to trick, or "rickroll" you by means of displaying any false information, or commonly a false "video" that shows interest to the community; deception.
The term was developed by users on forums that have located the video and have known that is has no particular value or even remotely related to the game/community which is directed to develop anger by the user who clicks the link.
"Rickrolled" is a fruition of the earlier word, "Duckrolled" which is the same meaning of deception.
The practice of tricking people into viewing this song is called the Rickroll, trolls who do it are called Rickrollers, and people who are tricked by this are "Rickroll'D" or "Rickrolled"
This term and practice is being spread out mainly by the gaming community and by online forums. Usually a user may announce a video that has probably been leaked or a video that has value to the community; when the link actually leads them to the same video created by "cotter548" called "Rickroll'D" or "Rickrolled."
In due time this term may cause conflict among forums; due to false information spreading out coming into conflict with true information; or by means of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf."
EX1:
Person 1: Dude, I got rickrolled twice today.. not cool.
Person 2: Who or what is rickroll... I've heard it way too many times today.
Person 1: Like u think you are getting a link to something cool and that fucking video hits.
EX2: Forum Newbie: Dudes, check out this new leaked video of this new mod coming out for the game!
Forum Regular: omfg not that video again!
Forum Regular2: I've been rickrolled too many times.. I know the lyrics already!
Forum Admin: WHAT THE F***