Fooled and Played

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Played and fooled are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Played" instead the word "Fooled" as an adjective or a verb.

Nearby Words: fool, fooling

Played adjective - (of games) engaged in.

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Fooled and played are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fooled" instead the word "Played" as an adjective or a verb.

Nearby Words: play, playful, player, playing, playable

Again played ridiculously straight in "Shellback Shenanigans", where Plankton disguised himself as Gary and not only fooled Spongebob, but also fooled the Bikini Bottom doctors!

Source: Paper Thin Disguise / Western Animation
This is played with in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, where, yes, the adults are easily fooled and/or moronic...but the kids are easily fooled, too.

Source: Creator / John Hughes
Subverted in that no one is fooled by it, and played for irony in that the message's joke is that "you're talking to a machine" when the Terminator is calling.

Source: Voicemail Confusion

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