as in parodies
a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect
many viewers thought that the spoof of a television newscast was the real thing
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as in mocks
to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of
spoofed overly competitive parents in a mockumentary about tryouts for a national T-ball team
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as in tricks
to cause to believe what is untrue
the newspaper was spoofed by a supposedly plausible claim of a UFO encounter
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Recent Examples of spoofs
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
Based on the Apple TV series, the fizzy throwback spoofs Golden Age musicals, and follows an on-the-rocks couple who are trapped in a town where people sing and dance incessantly.
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Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
The success of more straightforward spoofs such as Schaffer’s The Naked Gun last year is also reassuring; that film was a classic joke-a-minute throwback that largely worked (for both viewers and critics), more in line with the sort of fare that the Lonely Island made early on.
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David Sims,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
Way better than dusty game show and dinner party spoofs.
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Andy Hoglund,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Jan. 2026
What’s Upstairs at the Downstairs is always a patchwork of mild satire, blatant spoofs, witty music, local jokes.
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Laird Borrelli-Persson,
Vogue,
21 Dec. 2025
For instance, think back to when everyone was doing spoofs about titles that dealt with women in trains or in windows or in peril.
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Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
Indeed, Altman, by virtue of the sheer number of spoofs, appears to have joined the pantheon of comic figures alongside South Park’s Eric Cartman and Family Guy’s Peter Griffin.
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Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
9 Oct. 2025
Lead Stories is a media organization that specializes in fact-checking and online spoofs.
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James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
8 May 2026
One of the Anthropic ads — a version of which will air on NBC’s Super Bowl LX telecast — spoofs an OpenAI commercial that depicts a young man doing pull-ups in a park and uses ChatGPT to create a workout plan.
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Todd Spangler,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
This sketch essentially spoofs his brand partnerships and bland style.
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Andy Hoglund,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Nov. 2025
Screamboat, a horror movie that spoofs the character, debuted earlier this year.
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Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
But given the current box office sensations of Obsession and Backrooms, Tiddes certainly wishes the timing had allowed for spoofs of those horror movies.
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Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
Based on the Apple TV series, the fizzy throwback spoofs Golden Age musicals, and follows an on-the-rocks couple who are trapped in a town where people sing and dance incessantly.
—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
The success of more straightforward spoofs such as Schaffer’s The Naked Gun last year is also reassuring; that film was a classic joke-a-minute throwback that largely worked (for both viewers and critics), more in line with the sort of fare that the Lonely Island made early on.
—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
Way better than dusty game show and dinner party spoofs.
—
Andy Hoglund,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Jan. 2026
What’s Upstairs at the Downstairs is always a patchwork of mild satire, blatant spoofs, witty music, local jokes.
—
Laird Borrelli-Persson,
Vogue,
21 Dec. 2025
For instance, think back to when everyone was doing spoofs about titles that dealt with women in trains or in windows or in peril.
—
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
Indeed, Altman, by virtue of the sheer number of spoofs, appears to have joined the pantheon of comic figures alongside South Park’s Eric Cartman and Family Guy’s Peter Griffin.
—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
9 Oct. 2025
Lead Stories is a media organization that specializes in fact-checking and online spoofs.
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James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
The actor is teaming up with the retailer for a new campaign that playfully spoofs his Devil Wears Prada character, Nigel.
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Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
8 May 2026
One of the Anthropic ads — a version of which will air on NBC’s Super Bowl LX telecast — spoofs an OpenAI commercial that depicts a young man doing pull-ups in a park and uses ChatGPT to create a workout plan.
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Todd Spangler,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
This sketch essentially spoofs his brand partnerships and bland style.
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Andy Hoglund,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Nov. 2025
Screamboat, a horror movie that spoofs the character, debuted earlier this year.
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Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoofs
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Tiddes gave props to Paramount’s marketing department, which created a string of memes and myriad parodies on social media to lead the masses to Scary Movie.
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Yankovic has recorded parodies of songs by Madonna, Michael Jackson, Nirvana, Queen, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Eminem and many others.
Verb
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One of the moments in the musical that caused the most laughter and claps from the audience was the final song, which mocks the idea of using violence as a form of protest rather than joining a movement or focusing on policy.
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The group openly mocks Jesus Christ and many Christian and Catholic traditions.
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Removing fading flowers and their seed pods tricks the plant to redirect its energy from producing seeds to producing more scapes and flower buds, as well as putting energy into root development and storing energy for the next growing season.
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Well, at least Cindy's been fighting the good fight, which Brenda tricks her into waging alone every time.
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The undulating roofline imitates the Allegheny Mountains, and 38 steel columns create a canopy reminiscent of the region's forests, Prix Versailles says.
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My mother imitates me, then converts the word into a pair of Korean syllables that sound most like the German.
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The complaint also claims that the image deceives customers into thinking Lipa has endorsed the product and dilutes her brand identity.
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The fragmentary Ni 12501 tablet from the Early Dynastic III period of Mesopotamia breaks off when Fox deceives the inhabitants of the netherworld in his quest to retrieve the storm god Ishkur.
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Runway, Pika, and a dozen others can produce footage that fools the eye on first watch.
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What fools these non-OpenAI mortals must be.
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“Spoofs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoofs. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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