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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Recent Examples of lampoon
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
Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 12 Feb. 2026
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
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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
Many have returned fire, such as California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has taken to lampooning the president on social media with coarse language.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 12 Feb. 2026
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lampoon
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But what begins as a makeover soon spirals into a sharp social media satire about image, app culture, and the cost of becoming someone else.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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In an environment where public discourse is increasingly siloed and policed, South Park has leaned into the power and responsibility of satire.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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These 34 comedies streaming across the internet satirize global issues like nuclear war, cultural trends like beauty pageants, and leave no stone unturned in their quest to make life's toughest stuff more emotionally palatable.—
Debby Wolfinsohn,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Apr. 2026
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But Wood, Mallis, and co-writer Weston Auburn satirize the subtle ways that aspiring filmmakers, programmers, and cinephiles talk to each other so effectively that the film should charm its intended audience.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2026
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Human artists have designed creative parodies of AI slop, but AI lacks the necessary self-awareness to parody itself, even with a human behind the wheel.—
Cath Virginia,
The Verge,
11 Apr. 2026
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Many parodied her overt sexuality by swapping her out for someone decidedly less sexy on the wrecking ball.—
Ben Pettis,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2026
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Advertisement Commandment 9—Sultan of insult: Reducing complexity to simplicity As a master of the insensitive insult, Trump strips complex adversaries down to simple, mocking caricatures, often grounded in some shred of truth, however exaggerated and caricatured.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
25 Mar. 2026
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For years, national media caricatured our city as a war zone.—
Andy Shaw,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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The failure to reach a quick deal was among of a pair of setbacks for Vance in recent days – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán also lost his reelection bid after Vance campaigned for him – that had critics mocking the vice president's political touch.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Vostrejs and his team at City Street Investors compiled the data and gave it to four design firms to mock up a concept.—
Matthew Geiger,
Denver Post,
14 Apr. 2026
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Many rival insurance companies refused to run ads in the show, which was critically derided.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
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Trump’s individual attacks followed a blanket statement deriding all four podcast hosts.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2026
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According to Google’s Threat Intelligence Group, reported by Bleeping Computer, hackers have been targeting these BPOs, or business process outsourcing companies, to direct employees and customers to spoofed single sign-on webpages and steal their credentials.—
Alan Henry,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2026
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But the exact numbers are unclear, as some ships turn off or spoof their GPS trackers during transit.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
9 Apr. 2026
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North Korea also conducted a series of tests last week that state media said involved various new weapons systems, including ballistic missiles armed with cluster-bomb warheads, while its senior officials issued statements ridiculing South Korean hopes for warmer relations.—
Greg Norman-Diamond,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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North Korea conducted a series of tests last week that state media said involved various new weapons systems, including ballistic missiles armed with cluster-bomb warheads, while its senior officials issued crude statements ridiculing South Korean hopes for warmer relations.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Lampoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lampoon. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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