as in satire
a creative work that uses sharp humor to point up the foolishness of a person, institution, or human nature in general
this classic musical is a lampoon of the movie business at the time when sound was introduced
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Recent Examples of lampoon
Michael Ghannoum, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2024
Like Truffaut, Dupieux lampoons the infallible egos of some of France’s most famous actors, revealing the sparks that fly when those egos come crashing together on set.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2025
Around New Year’s, a Post cartoon lampooning Bezos for sucking up to the president-elect was killed.
—Benjamin Svetkey and Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Through its satirical lens, the musical lampoons the double standards that exist within the justice system, while also critiquing the way both parties manipulate the issue to score political points.
—Michael Ghannoum, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2024
Like Truffaut, Dupieux lampoons the infallible egos of some of France’s most famous actors, revealing the sparks that fly when those egos come crashing together on set.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
Verb
America First Legal, which touts itself as a counter to the American Civil Liberties Union, recently issued letters to police leaders in Los Angeles and San Diego lampooning their reluctance to aid immigration agents.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2025
Around New Year’s, a Post cartoon lampooning Bezos for sucking up to the president-elect was killed.
—Benjamin Svetkey and Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lampoon
Noun
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Though Duck Soup is often lauded as a satire of the vagaries of international geopolitics, its greatness doesn’t depend on justification from serious beard-strokers.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025
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Battlestar Galactica watch on prime video The Boys Years: 2019-present Length: 4 seasons, 32 episodes Creator: Eric Kripke One of Prime’s biggest hits is this satire of superhero culture based on the graphic novel by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2025
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Writer/director Nadia Conners is shining a light on the dark side of being a woman in Los Angeles amid the Hollywood elite — and what better way to satirize your surroundings than by including them in a meta film?—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2025
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His show was so formative for many that he was satirized by Eddie Murphy on Saturday Night Live.—
Makena Gera,
People.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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On platforms such as TikTok and YouTube, creators build personal brands off parodying celebrities and constructing elaborate takedowns of what’s in the mainstream.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2025
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In response, several unofficial accounts that parodied the National Park Service sprung up, including the Alt National Park Service.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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For example, Obama has caricatured critics of his Syria policy as either uninformed or proponents of a military campaign on the scale of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.—
Kori Schake,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2016
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The connection between Nafisi and Bahri is presented with complexity and without sentimentality, neither papering over political differences nor caricaturing Bahri as a generic revolutionary.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2025
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The plans, mocked up by Populous, include a sky bar overlooking the pitch, a stadium roof-walk experience, a 3,000-capacity fan zone, a 400-bed hotel (part of the Radisson group), a new club shop and museum.—
Tom Burrows,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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Social media trends come and go, but one craze that appears to have outstayed its welcome is the desire to mock millennials (people born between 1981 and 1996).—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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On March 13, Trump derided trans women in sports during remarks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them,
21 Mar. 2025
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While some reviews praise Zegler's performance and acknowledge the film's attempt to modernize the classic, others deride it as an unnecessary, lackluster cash grab that fails to capture the magic of the original 1937 animated classic.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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Jamming or fooling of satellite navigation, known as spoofing, have become major obstacles to drone pilots targeting strategic assets close to frontline clashes in eastern Ukraine.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
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The beef has been embedded in mainstream culture—it was referenced at the recent Academy Awards, the 2024 presidential election, the Grammys, spoofed at SNL 50, and, of course, Super Bowl 59, where Lamar performed at halftime.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA TODAY,
24 Mar. 2025
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In this new dispensation where might makes right, any appeal to moral considerations in the practice of American foreign policy is ridiculed as a deficiency of the weak while the amoral exercise of power is venerated as a virtue of the strong.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
26 Mar. 2025
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He was often ridiculed by contemporaries, including renowned adherents of the Nation of Islam such as Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali, as being too actively focused on integration and too passively focused on Black empowerment, critiques of the Black political establishment that persist today.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Lampoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lampoon. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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