parody
nounA literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule.
nounThe genre of literature comprising such works.
nounSomething so bad as to be equivalent to intentional mockery; a travesty.
nounThe practice of reworking an already established composition, especially the incorporation into the Mass of material borrowed from other works, such as motets or madrigals.
transitive verbTo make a parody of. synonym: imitate.
To turn into a parody; write a parody upon; imitate, as a poem or song, in a ludicrous or ridiculous manner.
nounA kind of literary composition in which the form and expression of grave or dignified writings are closely imitated, but are made ridiculous by the subject or method of treatment; a travesty that follows closely the form and expression of its original; specifically, a burlesque imitation of a poem, in which a trivial or humorous subject is treated in the style of a dignified or serious one: also applied to burlesque musical works.
nounA popular maxim; a proverb. Wright.
nounPassage; passing away.