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parody, mockery, takeoff

n. humorous or satirical mimicry

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

n. a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

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

n. a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

parody, mockery, takeoff

n. humorous or satirical mimicry

sarcasm, irony, satire, caustic remark

n. witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

cartoon, sketch

n. a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine

fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on

n. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

double entendre

n. an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate

wisecrack, crack, sally, quip

n. witty remark

banter, raillery, give-and-take, backchat

n. light teasing repartee

repartee

n. adroitness and cleverness in reply

humor, humour

n. (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state; "the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile"

contempt, scorn

n. open disrespect for a person or thing

ridicule

n. language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate

joke

n. a triviality not to be taken seriously; "I regarded his campaign for mayor as a joke"

fun, play, sport

n. verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport"

exaggeration, overstatement, magnification

n. making to seem more important than it really is

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