TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRANK»
The term «prank» is very widely used and occupies the
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English dictionary.
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10 QUOTES WITH «PRANK»
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prank.
When I was a kid, among the other embarrassing things I would do, and there's a list of stupid things, but I would make these dumb comedy tapes. I would often make prank phone calls, but I would also do it with friends.
The main prank that we play with props is for people's birthdays. The special effects people will put a little explosive in the cake so it blows up in their face - that's always fun to play on a guest star, or one of the trainees or someone who's new.
I was raised in a family where no one had a serious bone in their body and every answer was a riddle, a joke, or a prank.
Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.
I'm not a big prank guy, because I don't like them done to me. I've been on movies sets where one guys goes into his trailer, and then people move the stairs, and he comes out of his trailer, and there's no stairs. That's not funny! I don't want to be that guy!
Nobody pulls a prank like George Clooney.
I came to New York and started doing stand-up and improv, and started auditioning for commercials and voiceovers and stuff. My first job was on a pilot of that prank show called 'Boiling Points' on MTV.
My parents both had a great sense of humor, and always laughed a lot. One night, when they were watching 'Candid Camera,' I finally understood what comedy was all about. I heard the laughter on television, I turned around and saw my parents laughing, and that's when I thought: 'This is great. This is what I can do. I'm gonna prank somebody.'
When I was in school I used to prank my teachers all the time. But I was really, really nice. I love to make people laugh. And even in those pranks, the teachers would laugh most of the time.
Whenever I read stories of people doing huge pranks on set, all I think is, 'These people have too much time on their hands.' Besides, I don't want to make some poor assistant clean up someone's trailer after I've filled it with, say, Cadbury eggs. See? I can't even think of a good prank.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRANK»
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prank in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
prank and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Best Prank Book Ever!
Sit back and enjoy this humorous book, by author Tarrin P. Lupo!
Bridgewater High junior Jordan, eager to fit in with a popular crowd, takes part in a series of pranks that go horribly wrong, and as she and her friend Charlie investigate, they begin to wonder if the spirit of a prank victim who died ...
3
The Ultimate Office
Prank Book
Making life in cubicle land a bit more fun, this book is a clever and amusing list of practical jokes—a list that will challenge even seasoned saboteurs to take risks and reap the awkward rewards.
4
How Lamar's Bad
Prank Won a Bubba-Sized Trophy
From debut author Crystal Allen comes an unforgettable story of one boy's struggle to win his family's respect and get the girl of his dreams while playing the sport he loves.
5
Pickle: The (Formerly) Anonymous
Prank Club of Fountain ...
Using a bogus name, the League of Picklemakers, sixth-grader Ben and three recruits start a prank-pulling club that could possibly receive funding from their middle school's PTA.
6
Prank University: The Ultimate Guide to College's Greatest ...
Just remember to use this information judiciously . . . you never know when some young jokester (also armed with this book) might be coming after you. With Prank University, jackass class is in session! From the Trade Paperback edition.
As Halloween approaches, a dark, irresistibly evil force with a taste for human blood is unleashed on the unsuspecting world. Original.
Provides instructions for safe but entertaining--if sometimes disgusting--pranks, along with jokes of other types and accounts of actual practical jokes carried out by Starbucks, Google, and pranksters in Sweden, Scotland, and other ...
Tim Bugbird, Annie Simpson, Karen Morrison, 2011
9
Jake Maddox: Point Guard
Prank
Somebody is playing nasty tricks on Ryan DeMoss, point guard for the Hillcrest Hammers, and it is starting to interfere with his game right before the big tournament.
During Prank Week at Hanover High, the Lab Rats and the Snake Pit engage in an escalating war of practical jokes, but soon find that together they are the targets of the biggest joke of all. Original.
Seth Johnson, Jordan Weisman, 2010
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRANK»
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prank is used in the context of the following news items.
Ohio State dummy prank scares the crap out of Cardale Jones and …
Want to see a bunch of tough football players get scared real easily? Ohio State did, so they set up this funny dummy prank. The best reaction ... «SB Nation, Jul 15»
WATCH: Cardale Jones, more get fooled by dummy prank at Ohio …
Cardale Jones hit the ground after getting scared in this Ohio State prank. (YouTube.com). Cardale Jones got to showcase his WWE skills in ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho leads hilarious training ground prank …
Jose Mourinho ensured his players trained with smiles on their faces in Montreal on Monday after arranging a prank to catch out members of ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Surveillance video of Red Lion teens pulling prank goes viral, lands …
The prank involves people jumping, full body, onto the hood of a car while yelling, 'Put em' in a coffin.' The trend started with a youtube video ... «FOX43.com, Jul 15»
Ohio State football | Prank spooks Buckeye players
In a prank video posted to YouTube today, several players got a spook when what they thought was a mannequin at the Woody Hayes Athletic ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
Which Buckeyes scare the easiest? Find out in this prank video
... all got spooked at the Woody Hayes Center by a classic mannequin prank. The Ohio State University released the video Monday afternoon. «NBC4i.com, Jul 15»
Check out this driving range/skeet-shooting prank
Who doesn't love a good golf gag? This one would frighten most, but luckily it was just for a prank show -- a skeet-shooter visits unsuspecting ... «PGA.com, Jul 15»
This superglue-in-hair-gel prank is how to make your friends hate you
Stealing your mate's Tinder and swiping right on loads of mingers? Funny prank. Changing all the names in their contact book for Harry Potter ... «Cosmopolitan UK, Jul 15»
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... of the other baseball teammates went to a coach and told them what happened, when the coach told them it was just Gilkey playing a “prank.”. «CBS Local, Jul 15»
Police called to 'armed robbery' found it was a prank on café owner
The practical jokers were chastised by police officers, who said the prank could have had serious implications. A post on the Heywood and ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
