Rickrolling

No positive reinforcement required for compulsive "rickrolling" -- participants believe behavior requisite for feeding. ❋ Unknown (2009)

13: 36 @DVDsnapshot * kills you dead* Besides, rickrolling is over since Astley live-rickrolled the Macy's Parade. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Individuals associate sandwiches with behaviors preceding appearance of said, in most cases, "rickrolling" a member of control group in conditioning chamber next door. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That's a win-win scenario for anyone who sets out to rehabilitate a person who's become a punchline -- or worse -- in the public imagination, something that happens less often than you'd expect in an era when the unlikeliest people can be reclaimed from the pop-cultural dustbowl (say, Rick Astley's transformation from '80s artefact to YouTube "rickrolling" phenomenon and winner of "Best Act Ever" at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008). ❋ Unknown (2010)

The internet trend of "rickrolling" (ie. tricking someone into following a link to Rick Astley's video for the 1987 song "Never Gonna Give You Up") first started in 2007, but grew into a pretty mainstream occurrence throughout 2008. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The '80s pop crooner has enjoyed an unlikely revival via' rickrolling ', the side-splitting act of sending a Rick Astley YouTube link disguised as something more worthy. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He received a flood of votes after getting a new lease of cult appeal following the rise of 'rickrolling' in which millions of internet users were duped into clicking internet links which led to video streams of Astley's hit number one hit Never Gonna Give You Up. Winners: ❋ Unknown (2008)

Rick 'rickrolling' Astley in NY parade - Rick Astley delighted New Yorkers yesterday by performing his Rickrolling hit during Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"rickrolling" users; i.e., changing the background image on ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

He can't breathe! "), putting salt in coffee, goldfish in the watercooler, gluing coffee cups to desks and other sidesplitting antics, although for those who spend a lot of time on the Internet," rickrolling "seems to be the coming thing. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Then he went online and saw that "rickrolling"—the Internet prank that involves sending someone a link to the music video for Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up"—has been around for four years. ❋ Vauhini Vara (2011)

By rickrolling one of the 2.3m Twitter users who follow its feed and was complaining that it wasn't very interesting. ❋ Unknown (2011)

When he came across rickrolling again last month, he thought he was seeing it for the first time. ❋ Vauhini Vara (2011)

As for rickrolling, Mr. Dalzell was embarrassed when he realized he had actually encountered the term before—at a 2008 talk he'd given at Google Inc. There, an attendee called out, Hi, do you think that short-lived Internet fads deserve to be recognized as slang? ❋ Vauhini Vara (2011)

Molly Wood at CNet has officially declared rickrolling dead. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Lessons from rickrolling for prospective commercial tweeters: tread carefully! ❋ Unknown (2008)

So, for those who are entering the party late (it just finished, remember), what is rickrolling? ❋ Unknown (2008)

Hey guys lets go rickrolling on the our favorite [video game] [forums], they'll [get a kick out of] this! ❋ High_Rolla_Rick (2007)

(Person about to get [Rick Rolled]) What the fuck are you doing, are you stealing car parts? (Person [RickRolling]) I am just fixing up the car, what the fuck are you doing you may as well get out of here because you look suspicious are you the one that has been stealing the car parts? (Just got [rick rolled]) No I'm not stealing the car parts and good luck fixing your car I'm sorry I bothered you ❋ Lentzy (2016)

[Steve]: "Dude I'm totally rickrolling [so hard] right now." [Bob]: "Dude I know, you're pupils are so huge!" ❋ Masebass (2010)

*[clicks] link* [Damnit], rickrolled again! Wtf is this shit. Hmm he's kinda sexy actually. I think I'm gonna watch the [whole thing]. ❋ Spybot (2007)

...so instead of getting to beat off to footage of [Ann Coulter] getting raped by [hyenas], I got [rickrolled]. What a day! ❋ Pinhead Rebozo (2007)

1*sends link* 2Oh cool 2*[clicks]* *plays video* 2were not friends anymore 1Why? 2Because you [RickRolled] me 1 And you should never Rickrolling ever [aging] ❋ Accordingtoallknownlawsofmemes (2020)

Someone posts a thread that says "check out my new car", when you click the link it takes you to a YouTube video of [Rick Astley's] "Never gonna give you up" music video. To which you usually reply with a [derogatory remarks] or "[RICKROLLED]." ❋ J.Caspy420 (2007)

I thought i was following [a link] to some sweet [porn] but [instead] i got rickrolled! :( ❋ Rhinestone Souron (2007)

After being [rickrolled] for the third time [that day], Dave was [dismayed] to find that he had actually learned the words to the song. ❋ Uncle Steve Mk II (2007)

You [just] [got] [Rickrolled] ❋ TheFecundComing (2007)