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parody::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | burlesque, lampoon, mockery, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty |
| Type of | caricature, imitation, impersonation |
| Derivation | parodist |
Examples of parody
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His show is also a chance to parody the careers of celebrities and his own life.
From the dispatch.com
Satire on chivalric romances, notable as the first whole parody play in English.
From the courier-journal.com
A few days later, a parody story spoofing the ham controversy was posted online.
From the timesunion.com
With its millionaires and celebrities and their posses, Aspen is easy to parody.
From the denverpost.com
Where do you draw the line between critique or parody and outright exploitation?
From the nytimes.com
Not only is the parody far from fresh, it doesn't reveal any worthwhile insight.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Entries to the Safety Icon Contest can be musical, serious, comedic or a parody.
From the omaha.com
If ever the Colbert Nation needed an injection of vintage news parody, it's now.
From the time.com
Critics say it amounted to blackface and crossed the line from parody to racism.
From the nytimes.com
- A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- Make a spoof of or make fun of
- Humorous or satirical mimicry
- Spoof: make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers"
- A parody (also called send-up, spoof or lampoon), in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or make fun at an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation. ...
- Parody music, or musical parody, involves changing or copying existing (usually well known) musical ideas or lyrics, or copying the particular style of a composer or artist, or even a general style of music. Although the intention of a musical parody may be humour (as in burlesque), it is the re-use of music that is the original defining feature.
- A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; To make a parody of something
- (parodies) any humorous, satirical, or burlesque imitation, as of a person, event, etc
- In literary criticism, this term refers to an imitation of a serious literary work or the signature style of a particular author in a ridiculous manner. A typical parody adopts the style of the original and applies it to an inappropriate subject for humorous effect. ...
