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Reckless Posted 3 years ago
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Which term describes best what is published in The Onion: "dry humour", "leg-pull", "kidding", "spin", "farce" or something else?

Is there a term that describes the tongue-in-cheek trickery on the credulous and fairly dumb? The teasing activity of cooking up fake stories, hoaxes or ironical comments meant to be taken at face value and swallowed by the less discerning gull?

"Dry humour", "leg-pull", "kidding", "spin" or "farce" won't quite fit this description, will it?

  

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Reckless Is there a term that describes ... The terms you list seem all right to me. I'd call that publication a spoof or a lampoon.

— CalifJim

  • Reckless Is there a term that describes ...
  • The terms you list seem all right to me.
  • I'd call that publication a spoof or a lampoon.
  • parody and satire also come to mind.
  • CJ
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RecklessIs there a term that describes ...

The terms you list seem all right to me.

I'd call that publication a spoof or a lampoon.

parody and satire also come to mind.

CJ

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