Other forms: parodies
A parody is a funny exaggerated copy of a famous work or style. Write a parody, a parody of the original, beyond parody.
It imitates in order to mock, which is what separates it from a pastiche, which imitates in tribute. In British and American law, parody has protection under fair dealing and fair use, since the point is comment. Beyond parody means so absurd that no exaggeration could improve on it. Note that the Greek means a song sung alongside.
1nounparodyA funny exaggerated copy of a famous work or style.
“The comedy show did a brilliant parody of a cooking programme.”
parody is a comic imitation.
Also accepted in games: spoof
Greek paroidia is para, beside, plus oide, a song — a song sung alongside another. Ode, comedy and melody come from the same singing.
Ancient Greek
παρῳδία — parody
Latin
parōdia
English, today
parody
Built from
From Latin parōdia, from Ancient Greek παρῳδία (“parody”), from παρά (“besides”) + ᾠδή (“song”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA