spoofball

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Blend of spoof +‎ goofball.

Adjective[edit]

spoofball (comparative more spoofball, superlative most spoofball)

  1. Involving both goofy and spoofing behavior.
    • 2011 April 8, Chris Richards, “For Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters, a ginger look back before blasting forward”, in Washington Post[1]:
      The documentary traces the Foo Fighters’ ceaseless touring and chapters of internal drama that you’d hardly expect from a band that looked as though its members were having so much fun in their spoofball music videos.
    • 2015 July 3, Alan Evans, “Wet Hot American Summer is back – but did it typecast its comedy all-stars?”, in The Guardian[2]:
      In so many ways, Michael Showalter and David Wain’s spoofball, gross-out, sex-fuelled, rom-com, summer camp satire was a Wet Hot American Mess.