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English Dictionary: parody	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parody n a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way Synonym(s): parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on humorous or satirical mimicry Synonym(s): parody, mockery, takeoff v make a spoof of or make fun of make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers" Synonym(s): spoof, burlesque, parody
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parody \Par"ody\, n.; pl. {Parodies}. [L. parodia, Gr. [?]; [?] beside + [?] a song: cf. F. 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 [bd]Hind and Panther[b8] was received with great applause. --Macaulay. 2. A popular maxim, adage, or proverb. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parody \Par"ody\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parodied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Parodying}.] [Cf. F. parodier.] To write a parody* upon; to burlesque. I have translated, or rather parodied, a poem of Horace. --Pope.