10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPOOFERY»
Discover the use of
spoofery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
spoofery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Perhaps data, that a baby, Comes via stork, was spoofery! Since so much
spoofery arose, Perhaps that Pobble did have toes! Perhaps Miss Mouse, that
Froggie'd woo, Was merely all spoofery, too! Then that adult would reminisce,
Past ...
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Do-It-Yourself BIBLE PROPHECY KIT!
Loutishly brain woebegone spoofery thunderer. Yo-ho-ho! Woebegone, friendly
Rasputin blusterer. Trashily woebegone. Heroine's proudful rent-boy.
Woebegone, horrid style putrefies unhonorably. Boyishly woebegone. Terror's
half-nude ...
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My (not So) Storybook Life
Fresh, funny, and poignant, My (not so) Storybook Life is old-fashioned humor mashed with literary spoofery. Elizabeth thinks of herself and her husband, Matt, as a modern day Lucy and Ricky Ricardo.
THATCHED-ROOFERY. IS. NOT. A. SPOOFERY. As recently as ten years ago
the picturesque thatched-roof cottages dotting the English countryside were
scorned by the landowning gentry. Shabby and small and usually without
plumbing, ...
Joan G. Roloff, Robert C. Wylder, 1978
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The New Zealand Mines Record
But the Independence has had its day—a day chequered by some romance and
a good deal of “spoofery.” Next to it is the Portland, which was ' discovered in the
same year. This mine also has been the scene of queer doings. Early in its ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Cf. the coll. spoofery, cheating (1926: OED Sup). spook, n An artillery signaller:
artillerymen's joc. s.: from 1915. (F. 81 G.) 'Perhaps because signallers
occasionally practise at night with lamps' (Leechman).—2. A drug addict: c.: since
ca. 1943.
Many legendary deer camps had a literary tradition of high-class spoofery, and
Buckshot Inc. was no exception. On Nov. 9, 1958, Major I.M.A. Stinker, “Executive
Secretary of the High committee on Skullduggery," issued the following citation, ...
I beg his pardon for this act of spoofery. If there is anything to be made,
pecuniarily, from the recorded events of a career more or less — I know more —
distinguished, coram publico, let that profit "say I" fall into his hands whose few
years' ...
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, 1895
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IMJ, Illinois Medical Journal
... means of spoofery done into laws—a card-index of the American people, after
the style beloved of all the good junkers, and that will put any home in the land on
a level with the record books of a good pedigreed cattle show. From the oflice ...
The art-and-underworld spoofery is not only sophisticated but hilarious, with a
climactic chase through the various museum galleries one of the funniest movie
bits around. There are dandy performances by Dorothy Provine, Tony Bill, Slim ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPOOFERY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
spoofery is used in the context of the following news items.
Holmes and Crew Ham It Up in Classic Tale
... than actorish antics, more spoofery than spookery. Canny and Nicholson's script was developed with and for Nicholson's small touring British comedy troupe, ... «ithaca.com, Jul 15»
THEATER REVIEW Bard Fiction
... as dreams are made on" ) requiring a restorative administered by a lance plunged to the heart, we are well outside the realm of late-night dorm-room spoofery. «Windy City Times, Jul 15»
Panto review: The Pie-Eyed Piper of Hamilton, Oran Mor, Glasgow
... of A Play, a Pie and a Pint ends on the now-traditional summer slice of cross-dressed mayhem, satirical spoofery and barbed skites at political personnages. «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
VIDEO: And Now for the Inevitable Rachel Dolezal Late-Night TV …
VIDEO: And Now for the Inevitable Rachel Dolezal Late-Night TV Spoofery. Posted on Jun 23, 2015. YouTube. Former Spokane NAACP executive Rachel ... «Truthdig, Jun 15»
6 Reasons 'Another Period' Is The Bawdy Comedy You Need This …
Tonight (June 23), Comedy Central will premiere its latest foray into the world of inane spoofery — this time via “Another Period,” which is not about menstruation ... «MTV.com, Jun 15»
'City of Angels' is summer fare for the sophisticated set
These days, when you call a musical funny you risk bringing to mind the kind of silly, self-aware spoofery you'd find in "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" ... «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»
Nothing New in the Ole Ape Crack About Michelle Obama.
pillorying and vile spoofery of the Obamas as apes, monkeys and gorillas in the pack of race baiting websites, chat rooms, college frat parties, and student ... «ThyBlackMan, Mar 15»
'A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night': not your standard Iranian …
But hang on, because “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” is not too interested in genre spoofery. This debut feature by Ana Lily Amirpour (who grew up in ... «HeraldNet, Jan 15»
'Galavant': Spoofery and song
Viewer, know thyself. If you sneer at musical theater, if you think actors bursting into song and dance midscene is just plain ludicrous, if you find too-catchy ... «Boston Globe, Jan 15»
What The Dickens? (Drum Plymouth)
This is spoofery at its pacy, witty best. Chris Porter includes a superb super-sleuth journo and filthy body snatcher, class act benefactor and rent-a-thug among ... «WhatsOnStage.com, Dec 14»
