Parody
['pærədɪ] or ['pærədi]
Definition
(noun.) humorous or satirical mimicry.
(noun.) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way.
(verb.) make a spoof of or make fun of.
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Definition
(n.) A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty.
(n.) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
(v. t.) To write a parody upon; to burlesque.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Travesty, burlesque, caricature.
v. a. Travesty, burlesque, caricature, turn into burlesque.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Travesty, burlesque,[See BURLESQUE]
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Definition
n. an imitation of a poem in which its words and ideas are so far changed as to produce a ridiculous effect.—v.t. to turn into parody to make a parody of:—pa.p. par′odied.—adjs. Parod′ic -al.—n. Par′odist one who writes a parody.
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Examples
- This pretended African speech was an excellent parody of one delivered by Mr. Jackson, of Georgia. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I will parody them-- Blest Knight! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- And what catchpenny ballad writer could not write a parody on them as you have done? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- To parody a line out of Fairfax's Tasso-- 'His strong idea wandered through her thought. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- My theory is a sort of parody on the maxim of Get money, my son, honestly if you can; but get money. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- For, as we may be allowed to say, a little parodying the words of Plato, 'they have seen bad imitations of the philosopher-statesman. Plato. The Republic.
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