Deceiving a person or people to somehow watch, or see the "Never Gonna Give You Up" video by Rick Astley.
Rick Rolling can also be a real life act of the music clip - normally by playing the song and having an impostor sing or dance to the video. Thus "Rick Rolling" the unsuspecting audience.
It is popular on video's that promise exclusive footage - such as a GTA4 gameplay, Or Halo3 exclusive.
Someone just came into the stadium dressed as Rick Astley and danced, while the music was playing. We all got Rick Rolled.
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Clicking the link to a video of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up", thus being Rick Rolled.
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When someone puts a missleading title on a video on Youtube that halfway through switches to the music video "Never Gonna Give You Up", by Ricky Astley. Usually done right before an anticipated scene in the video.
I wanted to watch the video of the Sneezing Panda, but right before it sneezed, I got Rick rolled.
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Ok so it basically means you got tricked into thinking you would watch a good or bad vid. People do this because well the singer of this was kind of off key i guess. But i personally like this song.
Hey, come check out this cool vid. *looks at it but sees rick astley* HA YOU JUST GOT RICK ROLLED SONNN!!!!!!!
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To expose one to excess amounts of Rick Astley. More specifically, his song "Never Gonna Give You Up."
Dude: Dude, check out this amazing video.
*Dude's friend clicks on link*
*RICK ROLL*
Dude's Bud: You asshole.
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Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Rick rolling is were you show a calm video then Boom rick Astley never gonna give you up plays pissing of the watcher
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Rick Rolling is commonly thought of as linking a friend, who thinks they are getting something desirable, to a video of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up", though this is not always the case. A Rick Roll may be amplified by having the window fly around your screen and, upon closure, release a stream of popups (usually displaying the lyrics) that will open as you close the previous, as seen at raygoldmodels.com. These can be humorous to witness over the shoulder, as well as to have an email response to.
Man, after I Rick Rolled my friend, he was super duper pissed off at me.
I like to close the popups as their respective lyrics end whenever I get Rick Rolled.
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