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
The Onion is taking another stab at getting control of Alex Jones' Infowars platforms and turning them into comedy sites spoofing the conspiracy theorist.—ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026 Most flights that depart southbound from Helsinki encounter GPS spoofing and jamming, Kuosmanen said.—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
Rather than focusing on the conspiracy theories Jones espoused, the new InfoWars will build its comedic base off a spoof of the old site’s predatory snake oil rackets.—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026 That movie was an instant cult classic, a terrific spoof of modern-day music celebrity that was well received by critics.—David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for spoof
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Spoof, a hoaxing game invented by Arthur Roberts †1933 English comedian