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• n  witty language used to convey insults or scorn

• Trey Parker and Matt Stone's Comedy Central cartoon has been our best source of rapid-fire satire for a decade now, blasting hypocrites left and right.
• In 1992 he stormed back from exile with The Player, writer Michael Tolkin's vivid, genial satire of the movie industry's knack for corrupting American optimism and ingenuity.
• In this ragged Steve Coogan comedy about a struggling actor's hapless high school production, satire goes south.

• sarcasm
• irony
• caustic remark

News & Articles

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• Charlotte Squawks is ruffling feathers
  Satire is something to talk about by Anita Overcash Oh, sensitive reader. Don't be offended by the latest installment of Charlotte Squawks.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  June 13, 2013 - Creative Loafing Charlotte
• Review: 'Yes, Prime Minister' gets lost in British politics
  Tongues wag and accents flag in this witty yet wordy satire from Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn. Too bad that much of it's lost on an American audience not up on parliamentary rules. Political comedy isn't what it used to be, but what shtickmeister could compete with the running gags of those currently holding office?
  June 13, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
• Satire: Inside the U.S. surveillance state
  This is satire. Although the news is real, very little actual reporting was done for this story and the quotes are imagined. It is the first installment of an ongoing series that examines the language journalists use to cover foreign countries. What if we wrote that way about the United States?  
  June 10, 2013 - The Middletown Press