In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SPOOF
parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, send-up, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, pasquinade, put-on
(noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody’s style, usually in a humorous way
spoof, burlesque, parody
(verb) make a parody of; “The students spoofed the teachers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
spoof (countable and uncountable, plural spoofs)
(countable) An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank. [from 1889]
(countable) A light parody. [from 1958]
(countable, Britain, historical) 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.
(uncountable) Nonsense.
Synonyms
• (light parody): parody, satire, send-up/sendup
Adjective
spoof (not comparable)
Fake, hoax.
Verb
spoof (third-person singular simple present spoofs, present participle spoofing, simple past and past participle spoofed)
(transitive) To gently satirize. [from 1914]
(transitive) To deceive.
(transitive, computing) To falsify.
Synonyms
• (to gently satirize): satirise/satirize, send up
Etymology 2
Noun
spoof (uncountable)
(Australian, New Zealand, slang) Semen.
Synonyms
• See semen
Verb
spoof (third-person singular simple present spoofs, present participle spoofing, simple past and past participle spoofed)
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) To ejaculate, to come.
Synonyms
• See ejaculate
Anagrams
• poofs
Source: Wiktionary
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