as in satire
a creative work that uses sharp humor to point up the foolishness of a person, institution, or human nature in general
a pasquinade of Washington society that features thinly disguised portraits of several political power brokers
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Noun
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Aster, whose satire Eddington premiered at Cannes last year, and his partner Lars Knudsen will produce through their Square Peg banner.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
6 May 2026 -
This week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for fiction and nonfiction • The 27 books out in paperback this month • Is satire really dead?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
Verb
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Influencer comedians like Madison Humphrey and Mitsy Sanderson have built large platforms parodying awkward moments.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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Heidecker — the mind behind projects including The Tim and Eric Show and On Cinema — has been parodying Jones for years.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
22 Apr. 2026
Verb
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What would your Colbert Report character look like if he were revived to satirize 2026?—
Lacey Rose,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
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Kimmel satirized the dinner Thursday, but the remarks drew criticism after a man breached security at the Washington Hilton event Saturday while armed with a shotgun, handgun and several knives.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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This idea of reasonableness is easily caricatured as moral timidity or a bloodless neutrality that drains politics of passion.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Advertisement Commandment 9—Sultan of insult: Reducing complexity to simplicity As a master of the insensitive insult, Trump strips complex adversaries down to simple, mocking caricatures, often grounded in some shred of truth, however exaggerated and caricatured.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Newspaper owners mocked the idea.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
6 May 2026
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Then again, the anti-Reese sentiment was equally as strong; a separate post that mocked her shooting stats from that April 29 exhibition game generated just as much engagement.—
Candace Buckner,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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Their being lampooned by a project so closely affiliated with Wintour is more unexpected.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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After the original iPhone was famously lampooned by then-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for being too expensive at $500 with subsidies, modern-day editions of the smartphone habitually cost twice as much.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
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And while that move was ridiculed across baseball at the time, another decision Turner made — far more consequential but no less revolutionary — put his franchise on a trajectory to become one of the most popular in the sport.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
6 May 2026
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On Thursday, though, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf – who is leading negotiations for Tehran and has emerged as the key voice of the Iranian government – ridiculed the notion of blockading Iran, pointing to the country’s extensive land and maritime borders.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
Verb
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Her dancers’ outfits were similarly intricate, from dogs to burlesque dancers to members of the circus.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Apr. 2026
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One burlesqued the Oscar broadcast’s impending move to YouTube, in 2029.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Pasquinade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pasquinade. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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