Word: spoofed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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WILLIAM HOHENZOLLERN : The Last of the Kaisers-Emil Ludwig -Putnam ($5). "The colossal egoist, the spoof Napoleon...
...Spoof...
...triumph of the imagination entitled "The Balloon Hoax," purporting to tell the tale of an enterprising newspaper's fictitious account of a balloon crossing the Atlantic. Poe was a dreamer; he wrote his little fancy for certainly no more sordid motive than profit. Today's dreamers spoof with "The Spokesman Hoax," with the ignoble design of evading responsibility- nothing more. Gentlemen breakfast, then naturally desire to know what the Chief Executive thinks, for example, about increasing, by Congressional legislation, acreage on Philippine rubber plantations. What do gentlemen read?". . . The Spokesman for the President indicated that the Administration feels...
...take this rattlebrained bill to the Senate. Admittedly it was almost worthless. M. Doumer's experts opined that it might produce 2½ billion francs of added revenue, whereas at least 5 billions are necessary. The Senate Finance Committee's first act was to prune away some of its notorious "spoof" clauses (TIME, Feb. 15), mere legislative "nifties"?? not worthy of the Senators' laughter. The general impression was that the bill could scarcely be worse. But it was at least a bill! It was, in fact, a great triumph for M. Briand...
After another day of debate such a pitch of exasperation was reached that Deputy Balanant, famed for having lost most of his front teeth last year while "arguing" with another deputy, introduced the final "spoof amendment," which the disgusted and wearied deputies whooped through...