parodied

past tense of parody

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Recent Examples of parodied In Mel Brooks’ parody fashion, the Spaceballs team parodied Marvel’s Hall H panels with an expansive Spaceballs Cinematic Universe, stretching across 180-degree screens in the room. Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 Maury Povich is looking back on being parodied by Jim Carrey on In Living Color. Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026 As for her hair, Electra’s waist-length tresses were streaked with red dye—a clever ode to the bloody slasher films parodied in the Scary Movie franchise. Hannah Malach, InStyle, 15 July 2026 If there’s a cringe video of bridesmaids getting a little too close to a groom, Madison Humphrey has probably parodied it. Leslie Horn Peterson, Time, 14 July 2026 Endlessly mocked, constantly parodied, and vaguely resented, the mandarins in American civic life have no real allies or admirers. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026 The song was featured on the album Album 1700 and parodied the style of famous acts of the time, including The Beatles and The Mamas & The Papas. Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026 Their live performances in Sydney’s drag scene parodied hyper-masculinity and soon moved into artist-run spaces with installations and video works. Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 16 June 2026 Later that year, it was parodied by Will Ferrell on Saturday Night Live and referenced by Jodie Foster in the sci-fi film Contact. Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parodied
Verb
  • Still, Nixon created a blueprint for presidential lawlessness that Trump imitated and greatly expanded.
    Elizabeth Holtzman, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The University of Chicago, University of Illinois and Columbia University soon imitated this approach.
    Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • That list includes Kansas City slugger Jac Caglianone, who was mocked to Colorado in some drafts, and has 21 home runs this season.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2026
  • During the 2024 postseason, Carrington struck Clark directly in the eye, leaving the league's signature star with a visible black eye, then mocked the ensuing public outrage online.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • On Monday, passengers aboard Delta flight 591 going from Las Vegas to Atlanta allegedly spoofed the onboard Wi-Fi, raising the attention of federal law enforcement.
    Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026
  • It had been spoofed so precisely that the messages accompanying the call arrived in the same gray bubbles, with the same Apple logo, that only real Apple support uses in iMessage.
    Ryan Pettit, Time, 7 July 2026

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“Parodied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parodied. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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