lam|poon

lam|poon
lam|poon «lam POON», noun, verb.
–n.
a piece of writing, a speech, or a remark that attacks and makes fun of a person in a spiteful or insulting way: »

Many popular nursery rhymes probably originated as lampoons on famous people.

SYNONYM(S): satire, pasquinade.
–v.t.
to attack and make fun of in a lampoon; ridicule: »

It does not pull any punches in lampooning our most august political figures in a program of skits, songs, dialogues, and impersonations of a very high artistic level (Friedrich Luft).

[< earlier French lampon drinking song < lampons let us drink (a refrain of a drinking song) < slang lamper to drink]
lam|poon´er, noun.

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