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parody

 
 
/ˈpærədi/ noun [C, U]

Definition

a film, book, etc that copies someone else's style in a way that is funny: It's a parody of a low-budget 1950's horror movie.
parody verb [T]
(Definition of parody noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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