parodi — meaning in English

English meaning

• lampoon verb To attack a person or institution in public by making them ridiculous — in a cartoon, article, song or sketch that exaggerates their faults for comic effect.
• parody noun A piece of writing, music, or performance that imitates something else for comic or mocking effect.
• send-up noun A comic imitation of a person, programme or style that exaggerates its most recognisable features in order to make fun of it.

Senses

parodi is used for these senses in English:

• lampoon A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution; especially, a satirical one.
• send-up A satirical imitation of a work of art or a genre.

lampoon — full definition

1. verb To attack a person or institution in public by making them ridiculous — in a cartoon, article, song or sketch that exaggerates their faults for comic effect.
2. noun A piece of writing or drawing that ridicules somebody in this way.

parody — full definition

1. noun A piece of writing, music, or performance that imitates something else for comic or mocking effect.
2. verb To imitate someone or something in a mocking, exaggerated way for comic effect.

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