lampoons
Skewers through humor
Lampoons are satirical attacks that mock or ridicule a person, institution, or idea through exaggerated humor.
The verb lampoon means to subject someone or something to such mockery: The sketch show lampoons politicians of all stripes.
Lampoons tend toward broad, pointed comedy rather than subtle wit—closer to caricature than gentle teasing.
Satirical imitation
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- burlesqueExaggerated mockery or risqué variety
- spoofComic exaggerated imitation
- send-upMocking imitation of something
takeoff · travesty · pastiche · skit · squib · sketch · farce · sendup
Contemptuous mocking treatment
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- tauntInsulting provocation
- jeerVocal expression of scorn
sneer · jibe · gibe · mock · disdain · raillery · pillory · skewer
Explanatory remarks on events
- editorialPublication's official viewpoint article
- criticismJudgment of faults
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
rebuke · reproof · excoriation · takedown · exposé · polemic · invective · denunciation
parody
Satirical imitation
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- burlesqueExaggerated mockery or risqué variety
- spoofComic exaggerated imitation
send-up · takeoff · travesty · pastiche · skit · squib · sketch · farce · sendup · mockumentary
ridicule
Contemptuous mocking treatment
jeer · sneer · jibe · gibe · mock · disdain · raillery · pillory · skewer · mimicry
commentary
Explanatory remarks on events
- editorialPublication's official viewpoint article
- criticismJudgment of faults
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
scrutiny · rebuke · reproof · excoriation · takedown · exposé · polemic · invective · denunciation · broadside
- comedy writingjoke, jokes, comedy, satire, parody
- humor publishingsatire magazines, humorous essays, editorial cartoons, political cartoons, comic strips
- mockerymockery, ridiculing, jeers, jeering, jibes
- mocksmocks, teases, ridicules, taunts, jeers
- 18th Century Witsatire, irony, parody, wit, epigrams
- humorjoke, jokes, joking, comedy, comic
- National Lampoon's VacationComedy about ill-fated family trip
lampoon, lampooning, lampooner, lampooned, lampoonist, lampooners