lampoon
noun
a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
lampoonist
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a word derived from
lampoon.
Example Sentences
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In a 2016 review of O'Hara's "Barbecue" at the Geffen Playhouse, McNulty wrote, "He's a lampoonist with a trenchant take on American culture and a gift for ferociously satiric one-liners."
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2018
He’s a lampoonist with a trenchant take on American culture and a gift for ferociously satiric one-liners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2016
An equal-opportunity lampoonist, Stamaty, 46, joyfully skewers both ends of the political spectrum and all points in between.
From Time Magazine Archive
The castaway would have melted into loving recollections; the imprisoned lampoonist would have busied himself with schemes, ideas, arguments and combinations for getting out, and getting on.
From The Delicious Vice by Allison, Young Ewing
