Rickroll vs Rick - What's the difference?
rickroll | rick |
(Internet slang, transitive, neologism) To coax one into clicking on a hyperlink which leads to something other than what is claimed, originating with 's song Never Gonna Give You Up .
(transitive, neologism, by extension) To harass with misleading hyperlinks of this kind.
A stack, stook or pile of grain, straw, hay etc., especially as protected with thatching.
*(George Eliot) (1819-1880)
*:There is a remnant still of last year's golden clusters of beehive ricks , rising at intervals beyond the hedgerows;.
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*:It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
(lb) A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet.
(military, pejorative, and, demeaning) A brand new (naive ) boot camp inductee.
As a verb rickroll
is (internet slang|transitive|neologism) to coax one into clicking on a hyperlink which leads to something other than what is claimed, originating with 's song never gonna give you up .As a proper noun rick is
, or sometimes of related names, such as (ricardo).rickroll
English
(wikipedia rickroll)Alternative forms
* rick-rollVerb
(en verb)rick
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) , Icelandic (m).Alternative forms
*Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* rickburnerEtymology 2
(etyl) wrickeEtymology 3
Abbreviated form from recruitNoun
(en noun)- No turning back now rick, you are property of the US government, no longer protected by the bill of rights; you follow the UCMJ now.