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• n  a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
• v  ridicule with satire

• Irreverence amongst students has reached horrendous proportions. They think nothing of lampooning their teachers publicly.
• The show that lampoons famous personalities has become a huge grosser.
• Late-night TV hosts lampoon Sarah Palin and Dick Cheney as punch lines while MTV throws support to left-leaning causes like gay marriage.

• parody
• spoof
• sendup
• mockery
• takeoff
• burlesque
• travesty
• charade
• pasquinade
• put-on
• satirize
• satirise

News & Articles

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• Teen Threatens to Kill His Little Sister If J. Cole Doesn't Retweet Him
  In a sick twist on the classic National Lampoon magazine cover , a craze J. Cole fan threatened to kill his little sister if the North Carolina rapper didn't retweet him. Read more...        
  June 19, 2013 - Gawker

Quotes

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• Paris Hilton in Guardian Unlimited
  Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine standing here, standing on the steps of the Harvard Lampoon. It's really exciting and I've had such a great time,said Hilton, who stars as an attractive best friend to an ugly duckling in the film "The...
• Deepak Chopra in FOXNews
  He said, 'Listen, it's kind of a satire. It's a lampoon,'Chopra said, recalling Myers' words. "He said on the surface it's like that, but on a deeper level, it's a tribute."
• John Howard in The Age
  Journalists, cartoonists, actors and all other sundry critics of the government have nothing to fear from these new proposals,Mr Howard said. "People can still attack me and Mr Beazley and lampoon us, as I am sure they will, without any...