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When he suggested the phrase, I’d assumed he was planning an “apologies to” parody of the famed illustrations by Sir John Tenniel from the 1865 “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”

Meanwhile, a good number of people have been banned from the platform for posting vulgar content, as well as some parody accounts and those that posted pictures of feces.

From Vox

During Fairbanks’s previous run as the parody hero of contemporary action comedies like “His Picture in the Papers,” fans came to think of him as “Doug,” a tribute to his offhand elegance — like Fred Astaire’s, a triumph of talent and willpower.

The writers were masters of parody, so much so that it became something of a badge of honor to be so featured.

At this point, labeling a Democrat a “communist” is almost worthy of parody.

In 2011, the rapper-turned-self parody debuted his first collection, Dw Kanye West.

But then, this show has always been more than just the parody of right-wing cable punditry it was originally made out to be.

As part of the writing team on Blazing Saddles, he gave its parody of the Western a sharper political edge.

As of yesterday, three of their films were nominated for Best Parody at the 2015 AVN Awards.

He seems fleshless, bloodless; he might almost be a black man's parody of how a clean-cut white man moves.

It is twice blessed—it blesses him who earns, and those who give, to parody the words of Shakspeare.

A mockery of a government—a disgrace to the office pretended to be held—a parody on the position assumed.

As to Moussorgskys music, it may go to the devil for all I care: it is the commonest, lowest parody of music.

To equip a dull, respectable person with wings would be but to make a parody of an angel.

With the perfume of the roses into the open window came the stench of this hideous parody, as if in mockery.

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On this page you'll find 112 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to parody, such as: burlesque, caricature, cartoon, farce, irony, and joke.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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