Re: [HS] C'est bien un hoax

[nicolas <nicolas.patrois@online.fr>]

Le sam, 27 avr 2002 14:55:51 Loïc Le Guyader a écrit :

»Bou,
»jargon hoax ne me donne rien ! C'est quoi un hoax.
»Merci.

nicolas@diogene:nicolas> dict hoax
3 definitions found

>From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Hoax \Hoax\ (?), n. [Prob. contr. fr. hocus, in hocus-pocus.]
     A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or
     story; a practical joke. --Macaulay.

>From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Hoax \Hoax\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoaxed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
     Hoaxing.]
     To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to
     impose upon sportively. --Lamb.

>From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]:

  hoax
       n : deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage [syn: 
{fraud},
            {fraudulence}, {dupery}, {put-on}]
       v : play a joke on or subject to a hoax

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