spoof
/spuːf/noun
Middle School
1
An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank.
2
A cyberattack involving deception via impersonated identities; a digital asset used in such an attack.
3
A light parody.
4
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.
5
Nonsense.
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing