English Dictionary: spoof | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sea poppy \Sea" pop"py\ (Bot.) The horn poppy. See under {Horn}. | |
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Spaewife \Spae"wife`\, n. A female fortune teller. [Scot.] | |
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Suavify \Suav"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suavified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suavifying}.] [Suave + -fy.] To make affable or suave. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Spivey, KS (city, FIPS 67250) Location: 37.44823 N, 98.16496 W Population (1990): 88 (43 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67142 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
spiffy /spi'fee/ adj. 1. Said of programs having a pretty, clever, or exceptionally well-designed interface. "Have you seen the spiffy {X} version of {empire} yet?" 2. Said sarcastically of a program that is perceived to have little more than a flashy interface going for it. Which meaning should be drawn depends delicately on tone of voice and context. This word was common mainstream slang during the 1940s, in a sense close to 1. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
spoof vi. To capture, alter, and retransmit a communication stream in a way that misleads the recipient. As used by hackers, refers especially to altering TCP/IP packet source addresses or other packet-header data in order to masquerade as a trusted machine. This term has become very widespread and is borderline techspeak. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
spiffy /spi'fee/ 1. Said of programs having a pretty, clever, or exceptionally well-designed interface. "Have you seen the spiffy {X} version of {empire} yet?" This was common mainstream slang during the 1940s. 2. Said sarcastically of a program that is perceived to have little more than a flashy interface going for it. Which meaning should be drawn depends delicately on tone of voice and context. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
spoof See {spoofing}. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shobab apostate. (1.) One of David's sons by Bathseheba (2 Sam. 5:14). (2.) One of the sons of Caleb (1 Chr. 2:18), the son of Hezron. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Shobab, returned; turned back; a spark |