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as in spoof
a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect
the musical is a parody of every biblical epic ever made
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as in joke
a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of something
the young man sported a feeble parody of a mustache in a vain attempt to make himself look older
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as in to mock
to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of
parodying a public figure's distinctive mannerisms takes particular talent
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Recent Examples of parody
Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 23 Feb. 2025
The book opens with a kind of parody of Plato’s famous Allegory of the Cave.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 22 Feb. 2025
Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 18 Nov. 2024
West’s hellfire-and-locust symbolism parodied biblical judgment, but such shame no longer applies to current secular permissiveness or the progressive ideology in Marxist writer Mike Davis’s City of Quartz (1990), famous for its subversive condemnation of Los Angeles’s capitalist elitism.
—Armond White, National Review, 31 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Additionally, disco offered a framework for instrumentalists to play around with, as well as characteristics that cannot be boiled down to logic: there can also be affective reasons, regardless of whether the intent is irony, camp, parody, or the expression of genuine sentiment.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 23 Feb. 2025
The book opens with a kind of parody of Plato’s famous Allegory of the Cave.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 22 Feb. 2025
Verb
During an interview taking place at New York Magazine’s Vulture Festival, Williams, 53, discussed his viral Club Shay Shay interview being parodied by the show, saying that while he’s been parodied on the weekly series a total of nine times over the years, he’s never received an invite to host.
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 18 Nov. 2024
West’s hellfire-and-locust symbolism parodied biblical judgment, but such shame no longer applies to current secular permissiveness or the progressive ideology in Marxist writer Mike Davis’s City of Quartz (1990), famous for its subversive condemnation of Los Angeles’s capitalist elitism.
—Armond White, National Review, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parody
Noun
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During the sketch, Kardashian, 44, sang along in the spoof of the Lawrence Welk Show with Fred Armisen as Welk and Will Ferrell as singer and actor Robert Goulet.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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Spaceballs Release date: June 24, 1987 Cast: Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, and more Director: Mel Brooks Rotten Tomatoes score: 52% critics, 83% audience Mel Brooks is one hell of a filmmaker and the master of spoofs.—
Grace Dean,
Space.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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After a joke about Adam Sandler’s fashion sense, O’Brien suddenly changed tone to address the devastation of the wildfires in Los Angeles, and how an awards show can seem self-indulgent if that context was not addressed.—
Annie Aguiar,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2025
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O’Brien briefly paused the jokes to somberly address the recent Los Angeles wildfires as well as the divisive political climate.—
Sarah Whitten,Sara Salinas,Russell Leung,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Musk has mocked Ukraine and its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, repeatedly since Russia invaded its neighbor in February 2022.—
Lily Hay Newman,
WIRED,
11 Mar. 2025
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The Vice President’s face has been subject to mock meme edits for several months, as political commentators used editing tools to exaggerate his features and create child-like caricatures.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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For Bong, this approach is vital for his films, as that human element grounds movies that effortlessly shift among satire, pathos, action, and genre.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
10 Mar. 2025
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The superhero movie satire from creator/executive producer Jon Brown had Oscar winner Sam Mendes and Emmy-winning frequent HBO collaborator Armando Iannucci as executive producers.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2025
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The Vice President’s face has been subject to mock meme edits for several months, as political commentators used editing tools to exaggerate his features and create child-like caricatures.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Amis’s caricatures retain their links to British reality; his observations about class, gender, and money still find their mark.—
Rachel Cusk,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Gone were the regal ceremony and traditionalism, replaced by a humility intended to imitate Christ’s poverty.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Feb. 2025
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Xi has no reason to imitate Putin’s reckless break with Europe and the United States.—
Michael Kimmage,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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If they weren’t dressed as animals, beer bottles, giant burritos, glittery unicorns, or cartoon and video game characters, runners had on foam reindeer antlers.—
Gregory Wakeman,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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In the footage, the trio is shown accidentally killing a man named Mojo, a deviation from the cartoon's villain Mojo Jojo.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Then Sterling did some less effective things and got suspended anyway, so that mad idea was, at least, parked for the time being.—
Amy Lawrence,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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What needs to be done to prevent a Kessler meltdown?—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Parody.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parody. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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