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farce, farce comedy

n. a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations

takeoff, parody, mockery, charade, lampoon, spoof, sendup, burlesque, pasquinade

n. a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way

travesty

v. make a travesty of

drama

n. the literary genre of works intended for the theater

takeoff, parody, mockery

n. humorous or satirical mimicry

irony, sarcasm, 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

sketch, cartoon

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

fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, 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

crack, sally, wisecrack, quip

n. witty remark

give-and-take, banter, raillery, backchat

n. light teasing repartee

repartee

n. adroitness and cleverness in reply

humor, wit, humour, witticism, wittiness

n. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

contempt, scorn

n. open disrespect for a person or thing

derision, ridicule

n. contemptuous laughter

joke, jest, wheeze, yak, gag, laugh, jape

n. a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"

play, sport, fun

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"

magnification, exaggeration, overstatement

n. making to seem more important than it really is

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