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   Lam·poon

   /lamˈpo͞on/

   

   verb

   • 1. publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm: "the actor was lampooned by the press"

   noun

   • 1. a speech or text lampooning someone or something: "does this sound like a lampoon of student life?"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from French lampon, said to be from lampons ‘let us drink’ (used as a refrain), from lamper ‘gulp down’, nasalized form of laper ‘to lap (liquid)’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. lampoonery noun
   • 2. lampoonist noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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