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lampooning

verb

present participle of lampoon

as in satirizing

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Arrested Development helped popularize the documentary-style approach to sitcoms while parodying the dysfunction of wealthy families, piercing the cultural mythology surrounding them.

— Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Nov. 2026
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

Definition of parodying

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And because liberals, car purists, and environmentalists couldn’t stand the Cybertruck — mocking everything from its sharp edges to its build quality — buying one became a way to get under their skin.

— Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 7 Nov. 2026
The mocking undertone in my voice mirrors Bola de Nieve’s original interpretation.

— Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of mocking

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Decades later, long after Hemingway’s death, in 1961, Carlos Baker, Hemingway’s biographer, told Conrad about some of the letters deriding him.

— Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
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

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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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Leni completed the costume with a wig imitating Camilla’s dark, curly tresses, and wore the character’s most iconic outfit with a white tank top and oversized hairbow.

— Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2026
Rather than simply imitating the brain with silicon chips, the approach uses actual neurons to perform computational work.

— Mike McRae October 19, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of imitating

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Fusion energy has long promised virtually limitless, low-carbon power by mimicking the physical reactions that fuel the Sun.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
Color Shift adds blue and red halos around subjects, mimicking the look of a lens with heavy chromatic aberration.

— Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026

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