spoof.
An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank.
Meaning & usage
An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank.
An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank. A cyberattack involving deception via impersonated identities; a digital asset used in such an attack.
Don't click anything on that website! That whole site is a spoof! Call IT right now.
A light parody.
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.
Nonsense.
A constructed number or solution that saitisfies a set of conditions only when one of its rules are relaxed.
Where this word comes from
Coined by English comedian Arthur Roberts in 1884 as the name of a card game involving deception and nonsense.
Fake, hoax.
Where this word comes from
Coined by English comedian Arthur Roberts in 1884 as the name of a card game involving deception and nonsense.
To gently satirize.
To deceive.
To falsify; especially, to falsify identities by impersonating for scamming purposes.
The fraudsters convincingly spoofed a Microsoft webpage and then invited their victims to click various links found there.
Where this word comes from
Coined by English comedian Arthur Roberts in 1884 as the name of a card game involving deception and nonsense.
Semen.
Where this word comes from
Origin unknown; perhaps imitative of the spurting of a viscous liquid. Compare splooge, spoo (US slang), spooge, spaff.
To ejaculate, to come.
Where this word comes from
Origin unknown; perhaps imitative of the spurting of a viscous liquid. Compare splooge, spoo (US slang), spooge, spaff.
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