lampoon
nounGraduateELO 1,550GRESAT
DEFINITION
ridicule with satire
WEBSTER'S 1913
A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.
ETYMOLOGY
Old French, to mock
IN LITERATURE
“He is even now, so he would have me know, gone by invitation to my Lord Denbigh's box, to ogle the ladies." "And have you seen your latest lampoon, Mr.”
— Winston Churchill, Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
IN USE
“The following year, he began making contributions to The National Lampoon Radio Hour for a variety of National Lampoon audio recordings.”
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