piss-take
Vulgar British teasing
A piss-take is British slang for a mocking joke or parody, something that makes fun of a target: The whole speech was a piss-take of corporate jargon.
To take the piss means to mock or ridicule: Are you taking the piss?
The phrase can also mean to exploit or push limits: Charging that much is really taking the piss.
Mocking imitation of something
Exaggerated comic depiction
- impressionEffect on the mind
- impersonationPretending to be another
- takeoffDeparture or parody
- pasticheImitative artistic tribute
mimicry · sendup · exaggeration · sketch · skit · satire · burlesque · travesty
send-up
Mocking imitation of something
leg-pull · wind-up · roast · ribbing · tease · joke · gag · jab · dig · put-on
caricature
Exaggerated comic depiction
- impressionEffect on the mind
- impersonationPretending to be another
- takeoffDeparture or parody
pastiche · mimicry · sendup · exaggeration · sketch · skit · satire · burlesque · travesty · farce