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plural of parody
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as in spoofs
a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect the musical is a parody of every biblical epic ever made

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as in jokes
a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of something the young man sported a feeble parody of a mustache in a vain attempt to make himself look older

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verb

present tense third-person singular of parody

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Recent Examples of parodies
Noun
Kaufman and Herz co-founded Troma Entertainment in 1974, which has produced or distributed more than 1,000 low-budget parodies in the past five decades, including the original Toxic Avenger movie in 1984. Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025 South Park, formerly the edgelord-iest of edgelord TV, continues to barrel through parodies of the current conservative Zeitgeist. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
For the social media stars — whose content parodies their real lives through comedic skits — the new baby will also present an opportunity for new kinds of videos. Luke Chinman, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025 South Park’s Eric Cartman parodies Kirk in the episode by asking a college student a question, referencing Kirk’s viral debates on college campuses. Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parodies
Noun
  • Today, Neeson is doing action spoofs (thank God), and even the John Wick series has run its course.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • That means having to cut jokes that don't fit his do-no-harm MO.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • His voice is exuberant, especially when cracking jokes.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This is why Dijon’s language works best as sound, not narrative—his rangy, raspy voice seethes and triumphs, mocks and threatens; there’s no world in which his polygonal perspective can be discerned from a lyric sheet.
    Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2025
  • After being told that Dawn is dead, Gaal mocks Demerzel for pretending to grieve, which angers the robot.
    Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • While Bruce the shark tore through limbs, there were also conspiracy thrillers, period dramas, counterculture satires, and deeply anti-authority crime flicks to rule the roost.
    Christina Newland, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The director was careful to avoid creating caricatures of religious figures.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The same red flannel was often featured in caricatures of Mammy.
    Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Sometimes art imitates life by skipping a generation.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
  • His rhetoric occasionally imitates Trump when talking about China and the World Trade Organization.
    Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Niedenthal’s photo of a cinema playing ‘Apocalypse Now’ while the apocalypse is happening on the streets, the carp in the bathtub, the girl who wants to watch cartoons in the morning but [political leader] General Jaruzelski is on TV.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • This author has previously reported on whether Disney’s Marvel movies, Lucasfilm productions and live action remakes of its classic cartoons were over or under budget.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But prorating three years of player profits down to 12 months, as UEFA’s rule does, reduces the immediate efficacy of successful trading in the market, the very strategy that poorer clubs increasingly rely on to climb the ladder.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The Egyptian government considers the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group, but the United States does not.
    Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Parodies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parodies. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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