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n. - A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way v. - Ridicule with satire.

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  • Joining the lampoon will be the likes of Kim Basinger, Chevy Chase and Ringo Starr.
  • Mr. Crinklaw also forwarded by e-mail a statement from Chevron that called the lampoon
  • Lord President Stair; and the lampoon, which is written with much more malice than art, bears the following motto:
  • � It wasn�t a specific kind of lampoon of anybody.
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