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noun

plural of burlesque

as in parodies

a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect it is interesting to note that the first novel ever written in English was followed by a burlesque of it

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verb

present tense third-person singular of burlesque

as in mocks

to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of burlesquing the teacher's nervous tic isn't very nice

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Noun

Gordon has made a name for himself through parodies that channel different personas and genres.

— Marc Malkin, Variety, 17 July 2026
Scary Movie paved the way for more big-screen parodies, including Date Movie (2006), Epic Movie (2007), and Meet the Spartans (2008).

— Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 27 June 2026

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Verb

By and large, the General Assembly mocks his policy proposals and ignores his leadership.

— Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2026
Too often international agencies are established with seemingly noble purposes but end up descending into blatant politicization that mocks their original intent.

— Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

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The goofy sketch comedies and homemade spoofs that once filled his channel gradually disappeared, replaced by melancholy short films and bleak monologues.

— Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026
But given the current box office sensations of Obsession and Backrooms, Tiddes certainly wishes the timing had allowed for spoofs of those horror movies.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026

Definition of spoofs

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By 1775, at age 47, as the first shots rang out at Lexington and Concord, her anonymous satires and plays were already shaping public opinion in support of independence.

— Robin Follman, Oc Register, 4 July 2026
His ten other, wildly disparate books include two satires of media and marketing and an elegiac zombie novel set in Manhattan.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

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