as in parody
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 to parody
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 to trick
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 spoof
Karen Yuan, Bon Appétit, 18 Dec. 2024
Abrahams also directed Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990), a coming-of-age film starring Winona Ryder, and Jane Austen’s Mafia!, a 1998 Godfather spoof starring Jay Mohr and Christina Applegate.
—Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Shawn and Marlon also became known for their roles in White Chicks and the Scary Movie franchise, which spoofed popular horror films.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Chef’s Table, Volume 7 If there’s any doubt about Chef’s Table’s impact on the cultural zeitgeist, let alone food TV, The Simpsons provided an exclamation point with a pitch-perfect spoof that aired in the weeks after the release of the latest season.
—Karen Yuan, Bon Appétit, 18 Dec. 2024
Abrahams also directed Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990), a coming-of-age film starring Winona Ryder, and Jane Austen’s Mafia!, a 1998 Godfather spoof starring Jay Mohr and Christina Applegate.
—Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
Verb
The Onion, the satirical news company that repeatedly spoofed conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, has won the bankruptcy auction for control over his media empire — most notably Infowars, the far-right, conspiracy-minded website that served as Jones’ primary online platform.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Shawn and Marlon also became known for their roles in White Chicks and the Scary Movie franchise, which spoofed popular horror films.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
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There are so many fascinating takes in this film, including their views on religion and SNL (the parodies bothered them because they were never invited on the show).—
Debby Wolfinsohn,
EW.com,
11 Jan. 2025
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The history of legitimately funny musical acts that are not parodies is a short.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Jan. 2025
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Hogan briefly appeared to promote his Real American Beer brand and was instantly and overwhelmingly booed and mocked by the enormous crowd at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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RuPaul shares Drag Race video of herself slapping Tyra Sanchez after season 2 winner mocked The Vivienne's death RuPaul's Drag Race season 17 airs Fridays at 8 p.m. on MTV.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
9 Jan. 2025
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What began as an amusing alter ego created to trick a boss has now become a legitimate presence on credit reports, background checks and even tenant records, admitted original poster (OP) Cweev10 on Reddit this week.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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Elon Musk can try to trick gamers, to argue with them, to post their DMs against his own Terms of Service.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Paul Barrett: Zuckerberg Is Appeasing Trump Zuckerberg is imitating Musk to curry favor with Trump.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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However, just months after their characters shared their first kiss in 2019's in Spider-Man: Far from Home, life imitated art for the pair.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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However, others have questioned how she was so easily fooled.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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The attackers disguise themselves as fake Google Ads login pages to fool advertisers, who are then phished for their account credentials.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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And unless my eyes deceive me, the shine is turned up to 11 thanks to shimmer in her middle part.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
8 Jan. 2025
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These include data poisoning, where training datasets are manipulated to compromise models, and adversarial attacks, which involve subtle input changes to deceive AI systems.—
Piyush Ranjan,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Spoof.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoof. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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