parody
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India's viral "cockroach" political parody group says its website has been blocked just days after it launched.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
And from a comedy perspective, the fictional Colbert was a brilliant creation, a parody of the decade’s growing right-wing punditry and media figures who embraced “truthiness” over truth.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
The latest examples are almost too on-the-nose to parody.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
Instead, Mr. Dano comes across as a parody of a languid miscreant in a campy James Bond film.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
She said “motherland” and “Yoruba religion” often, glancing at Ifemelu as though for confirmation, and it was a parody of Africa that Ifemelu felt uncomfortable about and then felt bad for feeling so uncomfortable.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing parody
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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Rhetoric
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