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spoofery

American  
[spoo-fuh-ree] / ˈspu fə ri /

noun

  1. good-humored mockery or teasing.


Etymology

Origin of spoofery

First recorded in 1925–30; spoof + -ery


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As with so many trends driven by TikTok, comedic reaction and spoofery is what will be appearing right now on many people's For You page.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

In some other realm, the football career and its showbiz afterlife, pitching rental cars and enlivening spoofery, would have warranted the plain-old Great American treatment.

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

Bell plays it straight in the opening episodes and escalates the lunacy as the plot progresses, trusting the viewer to find the spoofery in details.

From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2022

No sacred cow is too delicate for this foursome to rope into a rodeo of spoofery.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2016

It is a curious phenomenon, and one that constantly recurs in the history of cozenage, how people who live by spoof fall victims so readily to spoofery.

From She Stands Accused by Victor MacClure

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