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😂 To mock publicly 📰 A satirical piece
lampoon

lampoon

1 8.0
A written piece that makes fun of a person or group by copying their style
  • noun
  • /læmˈpun/
: sátira
  • In his latest book, he included a lampoon that humorously mocked celebrity culture.
  • Harvard Lampoon

And people may have heard the term lampoon.

Examples

  • The book in progress will include a learned survey of the lampoons in my expanding collection.

    Academic text (1992)

  • For lack of a better term, Reed's club at Harvard was the Lampoon, which publishes the college's humor magazine.

    Academic text (2002)

  • As a Lampoon member myself in the sixties, I encountered the still-strong myth that Reed (class of 1910) had left behind.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Editorials, lampoons, poems, moralizing commentary, humorous ballads, and satirical prose on public issues, both secular and religious, were commonplace.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The satirical article was a clever lampoon of the politician's latest speech.

  • The theater troupe's performance featured a hilarious lampoon of popular reality shows.

Synonyms

satire
vslampoon
  • Literature
79 5.4

Writing or speech that uses funny, sharp words to show people's faults

is a specific imitative written or spoken ridicule rather than general critical humor
parody
vslampoon
69 5.0

A funny copy of a song or film that makes fun of the original

is a written or spoken satirical imitation that ridicules people or styles
mockery
vslampoon
59 4.9

Making fun of someone or something by copying them to make others laugh

is specifically a written or spoken satirical imitation rather than any mocking act
travesty
vslampoon
38 7.7

An unfair silly version of something that makes fun of the original

is a controlled satirical imitation aiming to ridicule, not just absurd distortion
spoof
vslampoon
17 5.3

A funny imitation of a film or book that makes fun of the original

is a satirical written work or speech rather than mainly media parody
send-up
vslampoon
5 8.4

A funny copy of a person or movie that makes fun of their style

is a deliberate written or spoken satire rather than mainly informal mimicry
takeoff
vslampoon
2 6.3

A funny imitation of a person's voice or behaviour

is generally a composed written or spoken satire, not just mimicry
burlesque
vslampoon
  • Literature
1 8.7

A play or story that makes fun of something by exaggerating its style

is mainly a written or spoken satire rather than a stage or musical show
pasquinade
vslampoon
  • Literature
1 9.9

A short funny piece posted in public that mocks a person

is the same satirical imitation but not limited to public posting

Compounds

lampoon artist
8.1

A person who draws funny pictures to criticize people or ideas

How Satirical

satire
  • Literature
79 5.4
lampoon
1 8.0
parody
69 5.0
spoof
17 5.3
skit
40 3.5

Surface Forms

lampoon singular
lampoons plural

Etymology

Lampoon came from old French and Italian words for a loud 'mocking song' or poem that publicly shame people. So a lampoon today is a written work that imitates and ridicules someone, often in a funny way.