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parody |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Parody \Par"o*dy\, n.; pl {Parodies}. [L. parodia, Gr ?; ? beside + ? a song: cf F. parodie. See {Para-}, and {Ode}.] 1. 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. The lively parody which he wrote . . . on Dryden's ``Hind and Panther'' was received with great applause. --Macaulay. 2. A popular maxim, adage, or proverb. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Parody \Par"o*dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parodied}; p. pr & vb n. {Parodying}.] [Cf. F. parodier.] To write a parody upon to burlesque. I have translated, or rather parodied, a poem of Horace. --Pope. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: parody n 1: a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way [syn: {lampoon}, {spoof}, {sendup}, {mockery}, {takeoff}, {burlesque}, {travesty}, {charade}, {pasquinade}] 2: humorous or satirical mimicry [syn: {mockery}, {takeoff}] v 1: make a spoof of make fun of [syn: {spoof}] 2: make a parody of "The students spoofed the teachers" [syn: {spoof}, {burlesque}]
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