send-up

Examples

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• In typical Sunny fashion, viewers are treated to a wonderful send-up of therapists, therapy sessions, and the Gang's backgrounds.

  Blog text (9)

• If this is a campy send-up of advertising, it nonetheless still functions as self-promotion.

  Academic text (2014)

• It's the perfect send up of Weird Al, right?

• The video I posted is a send-up of men.

  Blog text (4)

• It's a send-up of Northanger.

  The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)

• So it wasn't anything I did seriously; I just thought it was a send-up of a particular style.

  Blog text (32)

• Nobody, the play's send-up of female gamesters almost certainly did not aid its reception.

  Academic text (2016)

• What about Park Slope would inspire a raunchy musical send-up of this classic American favorite?

  Blog text (1)

• Today I stumbled on the Mystery Science Theater 3000 send-up of the video below, A Date with Your Family.

  Blog text (21)

• From the people who brought you the Kalashnikov diaries comes a comedic send-up of 21st century pregnancy?

  Labor Pains (2009)

Synonyms

P

parody

vssend-up

71 5.0

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

is similar but can target a person, group, or any work

M

mockery

vssend-up

66 4.9

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

is similar but emphasises a crafted humorous imitation that exaggerates style

T

travesty

vssend-up

42 7.7

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

keeps parodying tone but may be less grotesquely distorted

I

impersonation

vssend-up

30 5.7

An act of copying another person's voice and actions to entertain or trick people

is about mocking a style broadly rather than performing as that person

I

imitation

vssend-up

23 3.5

A funny copy of a person that makes their voice or actions seem bigger

focuses more on satirical mockery of style rather than mere copying

S

spoof

vssend-up

16 5.3

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

covers the same mocking idea but not limited to media formats

L

lampoon

vssend-up

10 8.0

A written piece that makes fun of a person or group by copying their style

is a mocking imitation rather than a primarily written satirical piece

T

takeoff

vssend-up

4 6.3

A funny imitation of a person's voice or behaviour

is a broader comic imitation that often exaggerates style for ridicule

M

mockumentary

vssend-up

3 7.0

A film or TV show that looks like a documentary but is fake and funny

is the general mocking imitation across styles, not only documentary form

B

burlesque

vssend-up

• Literature

2 8.7

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

focuses more on mocking a style rather than theatrical exaggeration

M

mimicry

vssend-up

2 4.6

Copying someone's voice, face and actions to entertain or trick people

is specifically a comic imitation that exaggerates to mock

P

pasquinade

vssend-up

• Literature

9.9

A short funny piece posted in public that mocks a person

is the general mocking imitation not tied to public posting

S

singerie

vssend-up

• Literature

9.9

A ridiculous imitation of human behavior made to seem funny

targets a style or work more specifically rather than general human acts

A

apery

vssend-up

9.9

Copying someone's actions or words to make fun of them

is a deliberate humorous exaggeration intended to parody rather than just copy

Antonyms

T

tribute

206 4.5

Words or actions that show respect and praise

H

homage

• Formal

61 6.8

Public respect shown to someone or something in a formal ceremony

How Mocking

to lampoon

8 7.7

satire

• Literature

161 5.4

send-up

4 8.4

spoof

16 5.3

imitation

19 3.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology