Fool and Josh

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Fool verb - To make jokes.

Usage example: an edgy comedian fooling with an appreciative college audience

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Josh and fool are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Josh" instead a verb "Fool".

Josh verb - To make fun of in a good-natured way.

Usage example: don't get all hot and bothered! I'm just joshing you

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Fool and josh are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fool" instead a verb "Josh".

Nearby Word: joshing

Talking To Yourself: During the April Fool's Day prank (a "30 minute" episode that's five minutes long), there's an extremely convincing composite of Jack and Josh arguing with themselves about Ice Cream Man.

Source: Web Video / Best of the Worst
Unreliable Narrator: Both Josh, and later Tyler, exploit this trope even more so than usual, creating elaborate fake stories about what they're doing right now to fool the other into thinking they're less far ahead than they are.

Source: Lets Play / Versus
A variation occurs in Drake & Josh, where the protagonists accidentally render a child actress unconscious and have to drag her around, answer questions for her, and generally fool people into thinking she's awake.

Source: Of Corpse He's Alive

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