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• n  a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
• v  make a parody of
  The students spoofed the teachers

• Missing Holy Week already? A Catholic Diocese's spoof of the famous ShamWow infomercial, right down to it's scandal-tainted pitchman, is meant to get people back in the pews.
• It has already spawned at least one spoof ("Let's be completely honest," it opens.
• Fade OutFade In is a musical comedy spoof of movies and moviemaking in the 1930s, but it unintentionally recalls a ritual of the prize ringthe introductory parade of ex .

• parody
• lampoon
• sendup
• mockery
• takeoff
• burlesque
• travesty
• charade
• pasquinade
• put-on

News & Articles

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• Spike denied by Heat's Allen trying to do 'He Got Game' spoof
  APSpike Lee reacts during Game 3 of the Knicks-Pacers series. MIAMI – Knicks superfan/filmmaker Spike Lee got thwarted by the Heat again. Spike attended Thursday’s Heat morning shootaround at AmericanAirlines Arena with a camera crew to film a spoof with Ray Allen, who played the Jesus Shuttlesworth character in...
  June 20, 2013 - New York Post
• My bondage and my freakdom
  Thursday, June 20 — It’s a touring musical spoof of a bondage-themed fanfic that was, in turn, based on characters from the “Twilight” craze. Call it “Six Degrees of Team Edward.”
  June 20, 2013 - City Pulse
• Pele Slaps Anderson Silva, Tells Him to Forget About Playing Soccer for Brazil in Spoof Commercial (Video)
  Pele wants Anderson Silva to stick to his day job. The king of soccer slapped some sense into UFC champion Silva in a new spoof video which asks, “What if?” Vivo Sports produced a video which has gone viral in recent days. It shows what would happen if Silva channeled his energy into soccer, as […]
  June 18, 2013 - New England Sports Network

Quotes

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• Anne Hathaway in Urbana Daily Citizen
  I'm not sure we actually succeed as a spoof,Hathaway said. "I think we're more silly. We're not lampooning the genre. We just have a lighter take on it."
• Simon Pegg in WMUR
  We hesitate to use the word 'spoof,' because I think 'spoof' means that you're making fun -- and at no point are we making fun of that genre,Pegg said. "Sometimes in the film there are parodies that are very gentle in terms of the use of...
• Michael Jackson in BBC News
  It is one thing to spoof but it is another to be demeaning and insensitive,Jackson said.