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Definition of Parody
Parody

A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty.

A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.

To write a parody upon; to burlesque.

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Parody Quotations

After ten or twelve years you can only play something so long and then you start to parody it.
Larry Hagman

I think a lot of the time you just parody yourself.
Dylan Moran

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time.
Simone de Beauvoir

Or the Department of Education and another ministry were worried about duplication of effort, so what did they do? They set up two committees to look into duplication and neither knew what the other was up to. It really is a world beyond parody.
Rory Bremner

I parody myself every chance I get. I try to make fun of myself and let people know that I'm a human being, and these things that have happened to me are real. I'm not just some cartoon who exists and suddenly doesn't exist.
Gary Coleman

Parody Translations

parody in French is parodie
parody in German is Parodie
parody in Spanish is parodia
parody in Swedish is parodi


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