parody

noun

/ˈpær.ə.di/

/ˈper-/

Definition

› [C or U] writing, music, art, speech, etc. that intentionally copies the style of someone famous or copies a particular situation, making the features or qualities of the original more noticeable in a way that is humorous: He was an 18th-century author who wrote parodies of other people's works. There is a hint of self-parody in his later paintings. → Compare travestyTypes of film, play, book etc.Mocking and taunting › [C] disapproving something that so obviously fails to achieve the effect that was intended that it is stupid: "It was a parody of a trial," said one observer.FailuresAccidents and disastersHigher and lower points of achievement

(Definition of parody noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)