parodic

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The amorphousness of the series — which zings between parodic edge and epiphanies — might be a function of its peculiar DNA.

From Washington Post

So it isn’t too odd that a real tourism ad for New York and a parodic one would end up in the same place.

From New York Times

Alva’s implacable goal of one-upping Mrs. Astor drove her to a parodic bit of keeping-up-with-the-Joneses when she built “Marble House” in Newport, next to Mrs. Astor’s “Beechwood,” at a cost of $310 million in current bucks.

From Washington Post

Its symbolic presence is pervasive, often parodic: Shortly after beginning Nelson’s book, on a walk around the neighborhood, I came upon a yoga studio imploring me to “liberate my spine,” a grocery store billing itself as a “judgement-free zone,” and a flag depicting a coiled rattlesnake and the phrase “Don’t Tread on Me” — a Revolutionary War-era symbol that has since found its way to Second Amendment and tea party enthusiasts.

From Washington Post

But this iteration still hits just the right note of parodic effervescence, punctured occasionally by the shock of unresolved trauma.

From Washington Post