Verbspoofed overly competitive parents in a mockumentary about tryouts for a national T-ball team
the newspaper was spoofed by a supposedly plausible claim of a UFO encounter Noun
many viewers thought that the spoof of a television newscast was the real thing
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Verb
Inside the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics News and Analysis
Seeking to undermine the Paris Olympics, Russian propagandists are spoofing broadcasters and mimicking French and U.S. intelligence agencies to stoke fear about security at the Games.—Andrew Trunsky, New York Times, 8 June 2024 Sham news sites spoofing real publications or posing as legitimate-sounding outlets with names like D.C. Weekly, the Boston Times and Election Watch.—Shannon Bond, NPR, 6 June 2024
Noun
Conan O’Brien and Shaquille O’Neal closed out the presentation with a list of sponsorship spoofs for the advertiser-friendly Inside the NBA analyst.—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2024 The actor, who is also currently on screens with horror movie Abigail, has joined Liam Neeson in Paramount Pictures’ untitled remake of Naked Gun, based on the crime spoof comedies that were released in the late 1980s and early 1990s.—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for spoof
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Word History
Etymology
Verb
Spoof, a hoaxing game invented by Arthur Roberts †1933 English comedian
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