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# parody

noun (a parody, parodies); verb (parody, parodies, parodied, parodying)

«parody» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A parody is a funny copy of a song, story, film or style that exaggerates it to make people laugh or to make fun of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parody/#m1)
2. To parody something means to copy it in a funny exaggerated way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parody/#m2)
3. A parody of something is a very bad, unfair version of it, as in "a parody of justice". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parody/#m3)

### In the lessons

In English lessons, children read and write parodies of poems and fairy tales, and in media lessons they learn to tell a parody from real news (some fake news sites are parody). Phrases: «a parody of», «a parody song», «parody account», «a parody of justice».

### Examples

- We wrote a parody of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" about homework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parody/#x1)
- The comedy show did a parody of the news. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parody/#x2)
- That account is a parody; it isn't really the president. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parody/#x3)
- The film parodies old spy movies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parody/#x4)
- The trial was a parody of justice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parody/#x5)
- His parody of the teacher's walk made everyone laugh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parody/#x6)
- Parody is funny when it is clever, not cruel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parody/#x7)

### Note

Plural: parodies; verb: parodied, parodying (y → ie before -s/-ed, but stays before -ing). Stress: PAR-o-dee. Close words: spoof, satire, send-up. Trap: a parody can look real, so check before believing or sharing it.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «parody» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parody/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«parody» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/parody.html) on Mova free.