parodied

past tense of parody

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Recent Examples of parodied These polyester fits have also been parodied in video skits, where comedians put on an all-over polyester print outfit, like a wolf T-shirt and galaxy pants, and parody the stereotypical nerdy kid. Rachel Hale, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026 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
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
  • Barney & Friends, the enormously popular and widely mocked PBS series about a singing, dancing purple dinosaur, is the obvious touchstone for the children’s-show-as-hellscape in the new movie Buddy.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Trump has all but severed America’s system of alliances, mocked and bullied Ukraine’s president, and showered praise upon Kim Jong Un.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Since a quantum sensor does not need to receive or send a signal to an external device, it cannot be hacked or be spoofed by a fake incoming signal either.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Both Maury and Maury have been spoofed far and wide, on series like SNL, Mad TV, and South Park.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Aug. 2026

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“Parodied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parodied. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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