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Definitions of parody in various dictionaries:
noun - a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
noun - humorous or satirical mimicry
verb - make a spoof of or make fun of
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| Possible Crossword Clues |
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| Takeoff |
| Make fun of |
| Satirical piece |
| Monty Python bit, e.g. |
| Mad magazine content |
| Burlesque |
| Typical Mad piece |
| Spoof |
| Monty Python piece |
| "Scary Movie," for example |
| Possible Dictionary Clues |
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| Produce a humorously exaggerated imitation of (a writer, artist, or genre) |
| An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect. |
| produce a humorously exaggerated imitation of (a writer, artist, or genre). |
| an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect. |
| make a parody of |
| a piece of writing or music that copies the style of a serious piece in a way that is intentionally humorous: |
| to copy the style of someone or something in a humorous way: |
| something that so obviously fails to achieve the effect that was intended that it is stupid: |
| writing, music, art, speech, etc. that intentionally copies the style of someone famous or copies a particular situation, making the features or qualities of the original more noticeable in a way that is humorous: |
| a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way |
| Parody description |
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A parody (); also called a spoof, send-up, take-off, lampoon, play on (something), caricature, or joke is a work created to imitate, make fun of, or comment on an original workits subject, author, style, or some other targetby means of satiric or ironic imitation. As the literary theorist Linda Hutcheon puts it, "parody is imitation, not always at the expense of the parodied text." Another critic, Simon Dentith, defines parody as "any cultural practice which provides a relatively polemical allusive imitation of another cultural production or practice." * Parody may be found in art or culture, including literature, music (although "parody" in music has an earlier, somewhat different meaning than for other art forms), animation, gaming, and film. * The writer and critic John Gross observes in his Oxford Book of Parodies, that parody seems to flourish on territory somewhere between pastiche ("a composition in another artist's manner, without satirical intent") and burlesque (which "fools aro |
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