What does rick-roll mean?

rick-roll

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English

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"This seems much more likely to be the work of a talented but inexperienced individual. […] The rick-roll in the code seems juvenile and unprofessional."
"She paused, blinked, then looked at me. "Did you Rick-Roll me?""

rick-rolls (present, singular) rick-rolling (participle, present) rick-rolled (participle, past) rick-rolled (past) rick-rolls (plural)

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