as in prank
a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke
known for cutting didoes at the holiday party held each year at the office
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People submit clips of themselves performing the prank, the original poster selects a winner, and the award is distributed in Solana tokens.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Nov. 2025 -
According to a 2015 Time Magazine story, the tradition of benign pranks began sometime in the 1930s and 1940s in the United States, brought on perhaps as a way to defuse the tensions of economic devastation and the pain of war.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The oldest trick in the book … foiled by those pesky Bravo cameras.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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The next evolution of creative culture isn’t faster turnaround or cooler AI tricks.—
Rochelle Ratkaj,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Palazzolo doesn’t mean to recreate the capriccios herself.—
Mario Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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Ok so these capriccio bubblies taste like a fruit punch four loko.—
Zoe Szathmary,
Fox News,
17 May 2018
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“Dido.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dido. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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