Parody

4 definitions found

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

  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.
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           I have translated, or rather parodied, a poem of
           Horace.                                  --Pope.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}, {put-on}]
       2: humorous or satirical mimicry [syn: {mockery}, {takeoff}]
       v 1: make a spoof of or make fun of
       2: make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers" [syn:
          {spoof}, {burlesque}]
       [also: {parodied}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  121 Moby Thesaurus words for "parody":
     Atticism, agile wit, anamorphosis, ape, bad likeness, belie,
     black humor, botch, burlesque, camouflage, caricature, color,
     comedy, copy, copying, corruption, counterfeiting, daub,
     debasement, deride, disguise, distort, distortion, dry wit, dummy,
     duplication, emulation, esprit, exaggerate, facsimile, fakery,
     falsify, farce, fleer, following, forgery, garble, guy, hit off on,
     hit-off, humor, imitation, impersonation, imposture, impression,
     irony, kid, knockoff, lampoon, laugh at, make fun of, mimesis,
     mimic, mimicry, mirroring, miscolor, misquote, misreport,
     misrepresent, misstate, misteach, mock, mock-up, mockery, model,
     nimble wit, onomatopoeia, overdraw, overstate, paraphrase,
     pastiche, perversion, pervert, pillory, plagiarism, plagiary,
     pleasantry, poke fun at, poor imitation, pretty wit, quick wit,
     ready wit, repetition, replica, representation, reproduction, rib,
     ridicule, roast, salt, sarcasm, satire, satirize, savor of wit,
     scoff at, scratch, scribble, send up, simulation, slant, slapstick,
     slapstick humor, sneer at, spoof, squib, subtle wit, take off,
     take off on, take-off, takeoff, tease, travesty, twist, twit,
     understate, version, visual humor, warp, wicked imitation, wit,
     wrench