Lampoon /(?)/
Lam·poon
Lampoon
n.
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A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.
Like her who missed her name in a lampoon, And grieved to find herself decayed so soon.
- Any satire ridiculing or mocking a person, activity, or institution by representing its character or behavior in an exaggerated or grotesque form; the representation may be written, filmed, or performed as a live skit, and may be intended as a severe reproach, or as good-natured humor.
Lampoon
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Lampooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Lampooning
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To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in a work of art; to make (a person, behavior, or institution) the subject of a lampoon.
Ribald poets had lampooned him.