e/San Serriffe

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has glosseng: San Serriffe is a fictional island nation created for April Fools Day, 1977, by Britains Guardian newspaper. An elaborate description of the nation, using puns and plays on words relating to typography (such as "sans serif"), was reported as legitimate news, apparently fooling many readers. In more recent years knowledge of typography has spread through widespread use of computers, and so the jokes are much more likely to be spotted.
lexicalizationeng: San Serriffe
instance of(noun) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
fraudulence, hoax, dupery, fraud, humbug, put-on
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has glossfin: San Serriffe on kuvitteellinen saarivaltio, joka on luotu aprillipäivän kunniaksi. Valtion yksityiskohtainen kuvaus monine sanaleikkeineen ja typografisine viittauksineen (kuten serif, kirjasimen pääteviiva) esitettiin oikeana uutisena ja tiettävästi useat ihmiset eivät tajunneet vitsiä vaan ottivat jutun todesta.
lexicalizationfin: San Serriffe

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