Parodies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  parody \par"o*dy\ (p[a^]r"[-o]*d[y^]), n.; pl. {Parodies}
     (p[a^]r"[-o]*d[i^]z). [L. parodia, Gr. parw,di`a; para`
     beside + 'w,dh` a song: cf. F. parodie. See {Para-}, and
     {Ode}.]
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     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.
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              The lively parody which he wrote . . . on Dryden's
              "Hind and Panther" was received with great applause.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     2. A popular maxim, adage, or proverb. [Obs.]
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