rickroll

Etymology
The is a, combining the name of the British pop singer and songwriter  (born 1966) with a reference to the duckroll prank on the website , in which users tricked into clicking on a hyperlink were led to an image of a duck on wheels. The word was (born 1987) who, under the handle “cotter548”, uploaded the music video of Astley’s song “” (1987) to the online video-sharing service  and then posted messages on 4chan on May 15, 2007 ostensibly with links to a trailer for the forthcoming game . People who clicked on the links instead saw the Astley video with the caption “You just got Rickroll’d” scrolling across the screen. The is derived from the verb.

Verb

 * 1)  To mislead (someone) into following a seemingly innocuous hyperlink, or sometimes a QR code, that leads to a  video of 's song "".
 * 2) To surprise or trick (someone) into hearing this song.
 * 3) 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.
 * 1) To surprise or trick (someone) into hearing this song.
 * 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.
 * 1) To surprise or trick (someone) into hearing this song.
 * 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.
 * 1) To surprise or trick (someone) into hearing this song.
 * 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.
 * 1) 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.
 * 1) 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.
 * 1) 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.
 * 1) 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.
 * 1) 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.
 * 1) 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.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto: rikroli
 * Finnish:
 * Spanish: rickrollear
 * Turkish: rickrollamak

Noun

 * 1)  An act of or attempt at rickrolling.

Translations

 * Finnish: