comedy roast
Ceremonial friendly mockery
A comedy roast is a celebratory event where a guest of honor is subjected to jokes, insults, and mockery by friends and colleagues.
The format is affectionate despite the harsh humor—roasters take turns at a podium delivering prepared jokes, often crude or personal, while the honoree sits and takes it.
The retirement dinner turned into a full roast.
Television specials and comedy clubs have formalized the tradition, but informal roasts happen at weddings, birthdays, and office parties.
- insultOffensive remark or action
- jokesHumorous remarks or stories
- burnDamage by heat
- dissInsult, in slang
- cheap shotUnfair attack or remark
heckle · ribbing · zingers · mockery · no holds barred · celebrity · guest of honor · podium · microphone · brutal · savage · skewer · honor · spotlight · tough crowd · laughter · cringe · timing
- comedyjokes, humor, puns, sarcasm, stand-up
- stand-upstand-up, standup, comic, joke, punchline
- mockerymockery, ridiculing, jeers, jeering, jibes
- impersonationimpersonator, mimic, imitate, imitation, impressionist
- satirelampoon, parody, parody account, political satire, spoof
- spoken wordspoken word, spoken word poetry, slam poetry, slam poets, poetry slam
comedy roasttribute
Offering of respect
testimonial · eulogy · toast · panegyric · laudation
comedy roastpublic shaming
Communal reputational punishment
character assassination · denunciation · excoriation · condemnation · takedown
comedy roastmemorial service
Event honoring the deceased
awards ceremony · investiture · consecration · state funeral · state dinner
comedy, roast, comedies, comics, comical, comically, comedian, comedians, comedic