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n. - A novel or play that uses humor and irony to express folly.

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Usage examples (15)
  • Verb (used with object) : to lampoon important leaders in the government
  • What you're writing is factual nonsense, and you don't seem to have any interest in improving your knowledge about this subject, and as a result, you are a suitable object of...
  • Â Jonni DC is now a Black Lantern, and is no help at all, and much lampoonery of DC, the comics industry, big crossovers and Dan Didio ensue, some of it pointless, some...
  • In 1989, Yankovic tried to expand his multimedia lampoonery to film, cowriting and starring in UHF , the story of a low-wattage, lowbrow TV station that broadcasts such...
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