Rickroller

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who rickrolls; a person who tricks people into listening to Rick Astley's song "Never Gonna Give You Up". Internet

    "Even though the "cost" is small — you can hit the back button as soon as the YouTube title comes up — the price to the rickroller is high."

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"Even though the "cost" is small — you can hit the back button as soon as the YouTube title comes up — the price to the rickroller is high."

Etymology

From rickroll + -er.

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