spoof

[spoof] /spuf/
noun
1.
a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody:
The show was a spoof of college life.
2.
a hoax; prank.
verb (used with object)
3.
to mock (something or someone) lightly and good-humoredly; kid.
4.
to fool by a hoax; play a trick on, especially one intended to deceive.
verb (used without object)
5.
to scoff at something lightly and good-humoredly; kid:
The campus paper was always spoofing about the regulations.
Origin
1885-90; after a game invented and named by Arthur Roberts (1852-1933), British comedian
Examples from the web for spoofing
  • spoofing dance movies is an inspired notion, and this spoof occasionally hits its mark with nimble execution.
  • Another technology allows for spoofing cell phone signals.
  • spoofing involves intercepting selected cell phone transmissions and preventing them from reaching the intended recipient.
British Dictionary definitions for spoofing

spoofing

noun
1.
the act or an instance of impersonating another person on the internet or via email

spoof

/spuːf/
noun
1.
a mildly satirical mockery or parody; lampoon: a spoof on party politics
2.
a good-humoured deception or trick; prank
verb
3.
to indulge in a spoof of (a person or thing)
4.
to communicate electronically under a false identity
Derived Forms
spoofer, noun
Word Origin
C19: coined by A. Roberts (1852–1933), English comedian, to designate a game of his own invention
Word Origin and History for spoofing

spoof

n.

"hoax, deception," 1884, spouf, name of a game invented by British comedian Arthur Roberts (1852-1933); sense of "a parody, satirical skit or play" is first recorded 1958, from verb in this sense, attested from 1914.

Slang definitions & phrases for spoofing

spoofing

noun

To gain access electronically to a computer deceptively and perhaps illegally: I thought someone might be electronically impersonating him, a practice that is known online as ''spoofing''/ The technique is called ''spoofing'' because it fools a computer into thinking that another, friendly computer is requesting access (1990s+ Computer)


spoof

noun
  1. : Don't take it seriously, it was just a spoof (1884+)
  2. A parody or pastiche; send-up, takeoff: The show was a spoof of a TV sit-com (1958+)
verb

To fool; hoax; tease: He was just spoofing (1889+)

[coined by the British comedian Arthur Roberts, born 1852, as the name of a nonsense game he invented]


spoofing in Technology

A technique used to reduce network overhead, especially in wide area networks (WAN).
Some network protocols send frequent packets for management purposes. These can be routing updates or keep-alive messages. In a WAN this can introduce significant overhead, due to the typically smaller bandwidth of WAN connections.
Spoofing reduces the required bandwidth by having devices, such as bridges or routers, answer for the remote devices. This fools (spoofs) the LAN device into thinking the remote LAN is still connected, even though it's not. The spoofing saves the WAN bandwidth, because no packet is ever sent out on the WAN.
LAN protocols today do not yet accommodate spoofing easily.
["Network Spoofing" by Jeffrey Fritz, BYTE, December 1994, pages 221 - 224].
(1995-01-13)