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lampoonery en · NOUN

Etymology

From lampoon + -ery.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The act of lampooning.
    • It's easy to come up with a scene or two spoofing the creator of such American archetypes as Blanche DuBois, Stanley Kowalski, Big Daddy, and Amanda Wingfield; what's tricky is to sustain lampoonery over a full evening. 1989 September 29, Albert Williams, “The Glass Mendacity”, in Chicago Reader:

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lampooneries Number=Plur lexicographic