LAMPOON

parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, send-up, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, pasquinade, put-on

(noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody’s style, usually in a humorous way

satirize, satirise, lampoon

(verb) ridicule with satire; “The writer satirized the politician’s proposal”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lampoon (plural lampoons)

A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution.

Verb

lampoon (third-person singular simple present lampoons, present participle lampooning, simple past and past participle lampooned)

To satirize or poke fun at.

Synonyms

• defame

Source: Wiktionary


Lam*poon", n. Etym: [F. lampon a drinking song, fr. lampons let us drink, -- the burden of such a song, fr. lamper to guzzle, to drink much and greedily; of German origin, and akin to E. lap to drink. Prob. so called because drinking songs often contain personal slander or satire.]

Definition: A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress. Like her who missed her name in a lampoon, And grieved to find herself decayed so soon. Dryden.

Lam*poon", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lampooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Lampooning.]

Definition: To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon. Ribald poets had lampooned him. Macaulay.

Syn.

– To libel; defame; satirize; lash.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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