plural parodies
1
: a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule
wrote a hilarious parody of a popular song
2
: a feeble or ridiculous imitation
a cheesy parody of a classic western
parodied; parodying
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Examples of parody in a Sentence
Noun
He has a talent for writing parodies.
a writer with a talent for parody
Verb
It was easy to parody the book's fancy language.
She parodied her brother's poetry.
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Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Saturday Night Live recap: Host John Mulaney makes grand return with Chappell Roan and surprise guests
To start, Kenan Thompson and Ego Nwodim sing a Lion King parody revealing that the carton is filled with possum milk.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 3 Nov. 2024
Justin Birnbaum, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
One, which was later parodied in a famous Chappelle’s Show skit, required the artists to walk more than five miles to fetch him cheesecake from a Brooklyn restaurant.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Jacob believed that the capitalization of common nouns was an inorganic import and did away with it, a choice that inspired parodies in the German press.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Saturday Night Live recap: Host John Mulaney makes grand return with Chappell Roan and surprise guests
To start, Kenan Thompson and Ego Nwodim sing a Lion King parody revealing that the carton is filled with possum milk.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 3 Nov. 2024
Verb
But unlike his dad, a larger-than-life figure who once hosted Saturday Night Live and was parodied on Seinfeld, Hal has stayed pretty quiet.
—Justin Birnbaum, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
One, which was later parodied in a famous Chappelle’s Show skit, required the artists to walk more than five miles to fetch him cheesecake from a Brooklyn restaurant.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Parody.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parody. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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