I. noun
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She writes enjoyable parodies in the style of 19th century romantic novels.
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Tallis has written a cruel parody of Hartman's prose.
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U.N. observers described the election as a parody of democratic process.
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Ancient parody was free of any nihilistic denial.
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But all three novels also exhibit significant variations on parody as it has been practised in the past.
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It's a wicked parody of space blasters, in particular Gradius.
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Their faces were like the grotesque masks of street carnivals, their clothes the cruel parodies of stamping clowns.
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To tie in with the hubbub comes the most successful parody of the group, the Rutles.
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Two or three of us smile, those of us who recognize the parody .
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Well-meant though it was, the gesture was terrible, creating a ghastly parody of femininity.
II. verb
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The movie parodies such classics as "Gone with the Wind" and "Casablanca."
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Barry now parodies himself even better than Spitting Image.
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For example, the ability to parody a style can be a useful skill.
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Four of them parody the fire brigade, pecking and pulling a piece of bread.
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He parodied my groping stumble across the stage to the podium and gathered up the skirt to reveal hairy legs and bloomers.
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He made toys that parodied her innocent amusements and those of her brothers and she trembled when he raised his leonine voice.
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Some companies deliberately parodied the new trade-names, safe in the knowledge they would never be taken seriously.
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Thus language begins to parody itself, and so does literature, as Joyce shows in the Ithaca section of Ulysses.