In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
spoof, burlesque, parody
(verb) make a parody of; “The students spoofed the teachers”
parody
(verb) make a spoof of or make fun of
Source: WordNet® 3.1
parodied
simple past tense and past participle of parody
• dioperad
Source: Wiktionary
Par"o*dy, n.; pl. Parodies. Etym: [L. parodia, Gr. 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.]
Par"o*dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parodied; p. pr. & vb. n. Parodying.] Etym: [Cf. F. parodier.]
Definition: To write a parody upon; to burlesque. I have translated, or rather parodied, a poem of Horace. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.