parodyEnglishOxford English Thesaurusparody noun 1 a parody of the Gothic novel: satire, burlesque, lampoon, pastiche, caricature, take-off, skit, imitation, mockery; informal spoof, send-up; West Indian, informal pappyshow; British, vulgar slang piss-take; rare pasquinade, pasticcio. 2 an appalling parody of the truth: distortion, travesty, poor imitation, caricature, mockery, misrepresentation, perversion, corruption, debasement; apology for.verb his speciality was parodying schoolgirl fiction: satirize, burlesque, lampoon, caricature, mimic, imitate, ape, copy, do, do an impression of, make fun of, travesty, take off; informal send up; British, vulgar slang take the piss out of.parody Oxford Dictionary of English