Con and Spoof

Con

Con verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.
Usage example: tried to con me into thinking that he had actually won the lottery

Spoof is a synonym for con in fool topic. In some cases you can use "Spoof" instead the word "Con" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Word: cony

Spoof

Spoof verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.
Usage example: the newspaper was spoofed by a supposedly plausible claim of a UFO encounter

Con is a synonym for spoof in fool topic. Sometimes you can use "Con" instead the word "Spoof" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as leg-pull.

Nearby Words: spoofing, spoofed

How words are described

old old con old spoof
particular particular con particular spoof
common common con common spoof
short short con short spoof
Other adjectives: original, initial, obvious, transparent, outright, extended, giant.

Common collocations

character con character spoof character
guard con guard spoof guard
heroes con heroes spoof heroes

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / 31 Minutos Played straight in 'Patana' during a spoof of an skit of the Chilean sketch show Jappening con Ja.
  • Creator / Vic Mignogna The Abridged Series creator LittleKuriboh doing a spoof of Vic (along with Dan Green and Johnny Yong Bosch), and also narrated and directed the infamous commercial for Sakura Con (GIRUGAMESH!).
  • Creator / Bob Chipman They include B-grade monster movies, a Slasher Movie about geek/Comic-Con culture, a Troma-esque spoof of the War on Drugs, and an Author Filibuster with a Marty Stu protagonist; looking back, Bob regards all of them as So Bad, It's Good at best.
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