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Meaning parody meaning

What does parody mean?

parody

— noun a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way — verb make a spoof of or make fun of — noun humorous or satirical mimicry — verb (= spoof) make a parody of The students spoofed the teachers

Synonyms parody synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as parody?

parody English » English

travesty spoof burlesque mockery caricature mock lampoon takeoff skit sendup charade satire pasquinade mimic satirize put-on imitate cartoon ape travestry taunting take off send up scoffing remould remold remake reconstruct pun pleasantry period parrot parodies make fun of make a pun life imitation fun farce echo distort copy convert comedy adapt

Topics parody topics

What do people use parody to talk about?
Language and thought Communication Say Criticize

Mock
Social behavior Social activity

Drama

Conjugation parody conjugation

How do you conjugate parody?

parody · verb

Examples parody examples

How do I use parody in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The newspaper published a hilarious parody of the president's speech.
It's a parody.

Movie subtitles

You should be grateful that you have been permitted to escape any gross parody consummation.
Not that lovely girl, but a hideous parody of herself!
You're a parody. Everyone laughs at you.
Going away on a business trip, Mr. Parody?
It was from a guy named Parody Jones.
Parody's daughter.
What these Sienese have evolved is a grotesque little parody of European nationalism.
What is this parody of justice?
Why do I suddenly put on this ridiculous act? This parody on a conviction that has turned sour and disintegrated?
Manageable parody.
He did a very off-colour parody of former VP Nixon.
Oh, a parody of Treasure Island, bound to be.
Spoof, guying, take-off, pastiche, parody.
Now, to return to this spoof called squib, pastiche, parody, guying of conventions, my main worry was that it didn't tell us anything about the relationship between the two main characters.
Have you got some sort of a parody? We need a short one to cover a costume change.
The way you mimic her behavior is such an ugly parody.
BATHOS, PUNS, PARODY, LITOTES. AND SATIRE.
What a parody of justice!
You're more like a parody of virtue. but we'll have to continue this debate another time.
If you think I will allow you to turn this program into a parody, you are sorely mistaken. Are you saying that you're going to finish it yourself?
If you think I will allow you to turn this program into a parody, you are sorely mistaken.
Henri, do not parody the Bible.
The witches of Devil's End, the famous curse, the notorious cavern underneath the church where the third Lord of Aldbourne played at his eighteen-century parody of black magic.
Before the final gravitational collapse the star shudders and briefly swells into some grotesque parody of itself.
It's become a parody.
Here is the Campari ad-campaign parody.
Well, to begin with, this is a parody of a known Campari ad.
The rule you give us says that if you stand for public office or become a public figure, you cannot protect yourself or indeed your mother against a parody of your committing incest with her in an outhouse.
Provocation, necrophilia, filial homage, parody of the last sacraments.
Yiddish is a parody of German.
Do they know that they are subject to parody?
Yes, because you have not given them any clues that this is a parody.

News and current affairs

ZAGREB: Franjo Tudjman's death, like his life, was a bizarre parody of Marshal Tito.
Cervantes' political parody can be read in many twentieth-century East European stories.
Russia must demand that it not be mocked by patronizing Western applause for its parody of reform.
In a near-parody of external interventions, the US and Israel encouraged President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah to dismiss the Hamas-led government, and to declare a new Fatah-led government in the West Bank.
In order to compensate for its growing inferiority complex, Russia has cobbled together the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which, by its title and constitutional principles, is a parody of NATO.
In a mere 13 years, Putin's regime, with its grand ideological style, has passed through all of the stages of Soviet history, becoming a vulgar parody of each.
There has also been political patronage bordering on parody, with one recent count putting the government's size at 244 ministers and secretaries of state.
I suppose that censors never have much of a sense of humor, and that irony and parody are usually beyond their intellectual grasp.

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