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parody

[par-uh-dee] / ˈpær ə di /




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It’s a perfect parody of the Period-Piece Pixie, poking fun at the disconnect between her words—”Look at that!

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Efforts to replicate the former president’s mien can also risk coming off like imitation—or, worse, parody.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

But in the process, Marin became a kind of parody of itself, satirized by the writer Cyra McFadden in her 1977 novel, “The Serial.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

She even sang a parody version of her hit song "Jolene," renamed "Vaccine," while filming a video of her first injection.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

The Germans sang lustier and more voices came in until they killed the parody even as they had killed “Auld Lang Syne.”

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

Revisit some of the show’s best jingles and parodies, appreciate Alec Baldwin’s singular performance as Jack Donaghy, and test your memory with this quiz.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

Oddie composed a number of comic songs for the series, often parodies of contemporary pop music.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Broadway, top-heavy with musical parodies and attention-grabbing revivals, is having a strange season by all accounts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

Its big-game commercial parodies the prospect of intrusive advertising in AI conversations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026

It was almost perfect, just a fraction flatter and shakier than Betty Jean’s voice had been, the o’s and ah’s parodies of Betty Jean’s pretentious ones.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

He was parodied on “Saturday Night Live” and decades later, the phrase “Da Bears” lives on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Throughout the last four decades, Culture Clash has parodied nearly every prominent Latino figure in history, including Che Guevara, Frida Kahlo, Ritchie Valens, Rita Moreno, Edward James Olmos and others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

The sandwich has even been seemingly parodied in “The Simpsons.”

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026

Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 satirical masterpiece “Dr. Strangelove” brilliantly parodied the lunacy of the nuclear threat during the Cold War.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026

It’s the most parodied painting in history, but every parody just draws more attention to the original.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

The chatbot would then produce a snide response parodying Chan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Others came up with captions including "Don't Look Up," a reference to the 2021 film starring Leonardo Di Caprio parodying societal apathy to the climate crisis.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

At one point, Schwam and Gunther compare Byrd’s show to a “Saturday Night Live” sketch parodying it, in which Cheri Oteri plays Byrd.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

Heidecker also created the web series “On Cinema” with comedian Gregg Turkington, parodying movie review shows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

If smart people are parodying it, that’s a sure sign that some less smart people are believing it.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan


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