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lampooning

verb

present participle of lampoon

as in satirizing

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The latter went from working on Star Trek properties (Next Gen, Voyager, Enterprise) to parodying them with MacFarlane on The Orville.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026
The White House announced Arcade on social media with a series of animations parodying Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo loading screens.

— Lou Kesten, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of parodying

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There were earlier versions of this story that were openly mocking of Kip, versions that threw Leo under the bus for being too sly; versions that were too overtly political; versions with ghosts that didn’t need to be there, and so on.

— Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Reels captured everything from dancing and DJ parties at protest sites to songs mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

— Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of mocking

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So many algorithms are chock-full of messaging deriding our state for its problems with affordability, housing costs, homelessness, the wealth gap, or regulation and bureaucracy.

— Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
In response, the players went on strike, deriding the proposal as anti-labor.

— Diego Lasarte, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of deriding

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The would-be crook used caller ID-spoofing technology, which experts say is getting more and more convincing.

— Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Musical guests Katseye cameoed in a sketch on last night’s Saturday Night Live, spoofing their point of origin, Netflix’s Dream Academy.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of spoofing

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OpenAI denied intentionally imitating Johansson’s voice and later withdrew the feature.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Speaking of the oversized, the collection’s Handloom Cardigan fits the bill but spares you from imitating a balloon, courtesy of those vertical stripes (also known as the oldest optical trick in the fashion book).

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of imitating

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The twist was that Japanese denim-spinners weren’t mimicking the denims of the Eighties.

— Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
The biggest challenges, its designers say, were mimicking the fade from crisp morning rays to bright noon light to a soft evening glow, and creating a sense of depth to conjure the distant sky.

— Emma Barker, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

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