mockumentary
[mok-yuh-men-tuh-ree, ‐tree]
- a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
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Origin of mockumentary
Also called mock documentary.
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Contemporary Examples
This would make a great “Road to the White House” mockumentary.
Mitt Romney’s Debate Performance: Best Tweets About GOP Nominee’s Love for Big BirdNina Strochlic
October 4, 2012
I did a bottle episode and then I was writing a mockumentary the next time.
‘Community’: Alison Brie, Yvette Nicole Brown, Gillian Jacobs & Megan Ganz RoundtableJace Lacob
February 28, 2012
And a few years ago, there was a Staar mockumentary featuring interviews with Carrie Fisher and Jeffrey Tambor.
mockumentary
- a satirical television or radio programme in the form of a parody of a documentary
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Word Origin
C20: from mock + (doc) umentary
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