Rickroll
CommonQUICK MEANING
Primary slang meaning
Trick someone into opening the music video for Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up.
EXAMPLE““Rickroll,” they said, using the expression in its slang sense.”
USED BYGeneral
POPULARITYCommon
SAFETYGenerally safe
CATEGORYInternet, Meme
REGIONGlobal
TONECasual and context-dependent
ALSO WRITTEN AS
DETAILED EXPLANATION
Trick someone into opening the music video for Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up. SlangCheck classifies this entry under Internet, Meme and records its main region as Global. Usage can shift between communities, so the surrounding sentence and tone should be considered.
REGIONAL TREND SNAPSHOT
How current is “Rickroll”?
🌐Global
stable78/100 · checked 30 July 2026
🇺🇸United States
stable78/100 · checked 30 July 2026
🇦🇺Australia
stable78/100 · checked 30 July 2026
Scores are SlangCheck editorial research snapshots and are not live search-volume measurements.
EDITORIAL RESEARCH
Reviewed entry
Regional and community usage reviewed for the Stage 3 master batch.
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