spoofs
Comedic takeoffs on
Spoofs are humorous imitations that mock their subjects through exaggeration or parody.
A spoof of a horror film plays on the genre's conventions for laughs.
The term also covers hoaxes or tricks: The email was a spoof designed to steal passwords.
In computing, spoofing means falsifying data to impersonate a trusted source.
To spoof is to create such imitations or deceptions: They spoofed the president's speech.
Mockery exposing vice
- mockumentarySatirical fake nonfiction film
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
- send-upMocking imitation of something
- takeoffDeparture or parody
sketch · impression · caricature · burlesque · travesty · pastiche · comedic · exaggeration
Playful trick on someone
- fakeNot the real thing
- trickDeliberate deception
- gagMouth restraint or jest
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
put-on · scam · ruse · con · fooling · April Fools · viral · fabrication
Fraudulent credential harvesting
- impersonationPretending to be another
- emailDigital written communication
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- hackingInfiltrating protected digital systems
IP · caller ID · identity · DNS · masquerading · attack · counterfeit · deceptive
satire
Mockery exposing vice
- mockumentarySatirical fake nonfiction film
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
- send-upMocking imitation of something
takeoff · sketch · impression · caricature · burlesque · travesty · pastiche · comedic · exaggeration · imitation
prank
Playful trick on someone
deception · put-on · scam · ruse · con · fooling · April Fools · viral · fabrication · misleading
phishing
Fraudulent credential harvesting
- impersonationPretending to be another
- emailDigital written communication
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
hacking · IP · caller ID · identity · DNS · masquerading · attack · counterfeit · deceptive · malicious
- jokesjokes, joke, puns, one-liners, pun
- Comedy Musicfunny songs, novelty songs, comedy song, novelty song, musical comedy
- humorjoke, jokes, joking, comedy, comic
- comedy writingjoke, jokes, comedy, satire, sarcasm
- pop culturememe, celebrities, memes, trending, fandoms
- story typesmyth, fable, fables, legend, drama
spoofstributes
Expressions honoring someone
homages · celebrations · appreciations · cover versions · commemorations
- spoofed callsCalls with falsified origins
- email spoofingFalsifying message sender identity
- caller ID spoofingFalsifying displayed phone number
- spoofed emailMessage with falsified origin
- spoofed numberFalsified caller identification
- literary spoof