hoax

Literary work which is either deliberately misattributed to a historical or invented author Literary forgery (also known as literary mystification, […]

Type of practical joke Hammer and Nails (1977) by Hans Godo Frabel. A “glass hammer” is a highly impractical object […]

Attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their confidence A confidence trick is an attempt to defraud […]

A set of three ciphertexts For the geographic code classification system, see beale code. Cover of The Beale Papers The […]

Typography-themed April Fools’ Day hoax Front Page of the supplement San Serriffe is a fictional island nation invented for April […]

Rape of a single victim by two or more violators Gang rape, also called serial gang rape, group rape, or […]

Short story by Nik Cohn “Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night”CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishGenre(s)FictionPublisherNew York MagazinePublication dateJune 7, 1976 “Tribal Rites […]

The ‘Rejecting Jane’ cover of Issue No. 28 of Jane Austen’s Regency World Magazine “Rejecting Jane” is the title of […]

2007 chain email message The Holocaust teaching hoax was a hoax perpetrated in Great Britain in 2007. It involved sensationalist […]

British prize for political writing For the NCTE George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public […]