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Rickroll

By Marziah Karch, About.com

Definition: "Rickrolling" is an Internet prank to trick people into watching a video clip of Rick Astley's song, "Never Gonna to Give You Up." If someone was tricked into watching the video, they were Rickrolled.

YouTube is most often used for the prank, since it is easy to find clips of Rick Astley and easy to disguise them as something else.

Also Known As: Rickrolling, Rickrolled
Alternate Spellings: Rickroll'd
Examples:
During April Fool's Day 2008, in addition to all the other Google April Fool's Day pranks, the Featured Videos on YouTube were actually Rickrolling anyone who clicked on them.
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