Parody
-- n 1: a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous
way [syn: lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty,
charade, pasquinade] 2: humorous or satirical mimicry [syn: mockery,
takeoff] v 1: make a spoof of; make fun of [syn: spoof] 2: make a
parody of ("The students spoofed their Principal's goofy manner
of public speaking.") (Source: Webster's
Revised Unabridged Dictionary)
Satire
- n. 1. A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly
to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private
morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal.
2. Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation;
trenchant wit; sarcasm. Syn: Lampoon; sarcasm; irony; ridicule; pasquinade;
burlesque; wit; humor. ("The students lampooned their teacher's
always-earnest mannerisms in class.") (Source: Webster's
Revised Unabridged Dictionary)
Parody
and Satire