pranks

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The catty media site Gawker noted that corners of the internet like 4Chan could be expected to respond with heinous pranks, without realizing how vile the rhetoric of regular people was about to get.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2026

Years of insults and diss tracks and pranks and social media posts have followed, with small islands of peace floating by from time to time.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

He points to Otpor, the Serbian pro-democracy protest movement that supported efforts to overthrow Yugoslav dictator Slobodan Milosevic in 2000 through pranks and street comedy.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

We picked rosehips from hedges too, which we split open to make itching powder, perfect for playground pranks.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

That the moment their circle was sealed, it was back to pranks and cruel jokes.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega