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noun

lam-ˈpün

as in satire

a creative work that uses sharp humor to point up the foolishness of a person, institution, or human nature in general this classic musical is a lampoon of the movie business at the time when sound was introduced

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verb

as in to satirize

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Noun

As such, Sepinwall wrote that viewers shouldn’t be surprised if a future episode lampoons the left. —

Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025 More scenes that felt raw or real would more effectively ground this light-hearted lampoon. —

Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2025

Verb

While the concept of Shakespeare’s street cred as the ultimate OG emcee has been lampooned in plenty of places, what cannot be discounted is that everyone who has fallen in love with The Bard at some point did so for the very first time. —

David John Chávez, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026 Apatow talks with Tracy Smith about the World War II veteran who broke comedy taboos by lampooning Nazis and racists, and about Brooks' long friendship with another comic legend, Carl Reiner. —

David Morgan, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lampoon

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Noun

Like all good satire, the book was a mirror.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Highlights included The Audacity, AMC‘s Silicon Valley satire from Succession producer Jonathan Glatzer; The Flaws, a German office sitcom that takes its inspiration from Buster Keaton-style silent film comedy; and My Brother, a Swedish family drama that’s as dark and bleak as a Nordic winter.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026