PARODY

parody, mockery, takeoff

(noun) humorous or satirical mimicry

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

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

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Etymology

Noun

parody (countable and uncountable, plural parodies)

A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.

(countable, archaic) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with parity.

Verb

parody (third-person singular simple present parodies, present participle parodying, simple past and past participle parodied)

To make a parody of something.

Usage notes

Often confused with satire, which agitates for social change using humor.

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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