parody
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With the Wayans brothers firmly back in the driver’s seat, horror parody “Scary Movie” muscled its way past He-Man for the top spot at the box office this weekend.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
Satirical news outlet The Onion later made a bid to acquire Infowars with the families’ support to transform the website into a parody site.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
The latest examples are almost too on-the-nose to parody.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
Each member has been given licence to express their own personal brand of humour, whether that's parody, musical or absurdist comedy.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Coraline walked into the green-and-pink parody of her own bedroom.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
Vocabulary lists containing parody
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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Rhetoric
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