Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A satirical imitation; a parody or send-up.
- noun A deception or ruse.
- transitive verb To do a spoof of; satirize.
- transitive verb To play a trick on; deceive.
- transitive verb Computers To assume or emulate the identity of (another user or device) in order to gain access to a system.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Australia, New Zealand, slang
Semen . - verb Australia, New Zealand, slang To
ejaculate , tocome . - noun A
hoax . - noun A light
parody . - noun
Nonsense . - noun UK A drinking game in which players hold up to three (or another specified number of) coins hidden in a fist and attempt to guess the total number of coins held.
- adjective Fake.
- verb transitive To gently
satirize . - verb transitive To
deceive . - verb transitive, computing To
falsify .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make a parody of
- noun a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He posted the link to this spoof from the recently released trailer for “Eclipse”.
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The twilight spoof is from a group of youg peeps they are called Evillguana production, the guy playing ed has a blue shirt on in the picture.
Twilight Lexicon » M Squared Productions Twilight Parody 2009
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- The Telegraph (UK) You convince yourself, for a while, that a clever post-modern spoof is under way.
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The current spoof films center more around fart jokes and modern references to pop culture and with each lame ass spoof, is another nail in the coffin.
New Trailer: Super Capers « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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I think the eviliguanaproduction spoof is the best, but this one was graceful and funny
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Fri 10/02/09 3: 42 PM the hillywood show spoof is pretty good
'Twilight' spoof: Kevin and Olivia school, air nation's grievances against, Bella | EW.com 2009
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An homage or even a spoof is one thing, but using character designs or layouts without credit go way beyond that.
Nick Simmons Releases Statement, Takes No Responsibility » Manga Worth Reading 2010
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The spoof is part of their Mort Mort Feingold Accountant to the Stars skit.
Twilight Lexicon » Saturday Night Live Spoofs Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Twilight 2010
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Have we gotten to the point where lame jokes in spoof movies are acceptable because the only other choice is intelligence-insulting jokes in parody movies?
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Enjoy this 4 minute spoof from the makers of American Drug War.
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