lampoon
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8.0
- noun
- /læmˈpun/
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- In his latest book, he included a lampoon that humorously mocked celebrity culture.
- Harvard Lampoon
And people may have heard the term lampoon.
- And people may have heard the term lampoon.
Examples
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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.
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The theater troupe's performance featured a hilarious lampoon of popular reality shows.
Synonyms
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5.4
Writing or speech that uses funny, sharp words to show people's faults
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5.0
A funny copy of a song or film that makes fun of the original
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4.9
Making fun of someone or something by copying them to make others laugh
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An unfair silly version of something that makes fun of the original
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5.3
A funny imitation of a film or book that makes fun of the original
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8.4
A funny copy of a person or movie that makes fun of their style
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A funny imitation of a person's voice or behaviour
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A play or story that makes fun of something by exaggerating its style
A short funny piece posted in public that mocks a person
Compounds
How Satirical
Surface Forms
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.