parody

Universal Words noun, verb noun (plural parodies) ~ (of sth) 1 [C,U] a piece of writing, music, acting, etc. that deliberately copies the style of sb/sth in order to be amusing: a parody of a horror film * His personality made him an easy subject for parody. 2 [C] (disapproving) something that is such a bad or unfair example of sth that it seems ridiculous: The trial was a parody of justice. * This article is a grotesque parody of the truth. verb (parodies, parodying, parodied, parodied) [VN] to copy the style of sb/sth in an exaggerated way, especially in order to make people laugh: to parody an author / a style / an accent