as in parody
a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect
a singer-comedian who specializes in send-ups of pop hits
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as in to imitate
to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of
the sitcom sends up the "trials and tribulations" of the rich and famous
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Recent Examples of send-up
Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 15 Nov. 2024
Back in 2007, Jake Kasdan and Judd Apatow made Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story as a send-up of musician biopics, taking some pretty direct jabs at James Mangold’s then-recent Johnny Cash film, Walk the Line.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2024
SpaceX launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station on Saturday, sending up a downsized crew to bring them home but not until next year.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Expect a campy, send-up of beloved holiday TV specials.
—Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 15 Nov. 2024
Back in 2007, Jake Kasdan and Judd Apatow made Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story as a send-up of musician biopics, taking some pretty direct jabs at James Mangold’s then-recent Johnny Cash film, Walk the Line.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
Verb
As Russian forces steadily advance on the battlefield after a long period of stalemate and contend with a Ukrainian counteroffensive on Russian soil, North Korea has also reportedly sent up to 10,000 troops to aid Moscow's war effort.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2024
SpaceX launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station on Saturday, sending up a downsized crew to bring them home but not until next year.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2024
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The 2x Oscar nominee, who co-wrote and directed the 2005 Johnny Cash pic Walk the Line, has not been scared off from paying cinematic tribute to other legendary musicians after the parody Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007).Glenn Garner, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2024
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Fair use—the lawful copying of others’ works for certain purposes, such as for criticism, parody or news reporting—is mentioned in the AHL’s answer as well.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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By the other hand, he is bound to the Almighty, whom, as the critic John Guillory has observed, Satan imitates.Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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The former ended up winning a contest involving the most accurate predictions of the high-diving judges’ scores, and as much as this competition suggests that life is imitating art, Hoult insists that the two did not extend their on-camera dynamic to their off-camera one.Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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Viewers resistant to a landslide of scatological humor, however, may find the laughs pretty slim in this overlong, uninspired monster spoof.Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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Adams doesn’t have a ton to do in Adam McKay’s hit-or-miss NASCAR spoof, other than one key scene where her long, silky mane and sensual speechifying convince superstar Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) to get behind the wheel again.Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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Quad’s grievances spill over into her relationship with Heavenly, which ties into Heavenly and Quad mocking Sweet Tea on social media.Shelby Stewart, Essence, 23 Dec. 2024
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But the result was an embarrassing 30-7 home loss in which Baker Mayfield mocked the entire Giants organization by doing DeVito’s touchdown symbol aggressively toward the crowd.Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Laid’s generationally specific mix of mystery and social satire recalls Search Party—and one of that show’s stars, John Early, appears here as well, playing himself as a narcissistic nightmare.Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
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There’s also the balance between satire and the many important issues at play.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
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Physicists at the University of Pennsylvania developed a model based on network theory to do just that, describing their work in a February paper published in the journal Physical Review Research.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
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From its deployment of renewable energy infrastructure to the planting of some 600 million trees, doing and being seen to be doing green things is intended to put Kyiv on the same environmental page as Brussels.David Vetter, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Send-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/send-up. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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