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Satire

Satire

  • Parody
    A parody (/ˈpærədi/; also called a spoof, send-up, take-off, or lampoon) is a work created to imitate, make fun of, or comment on an original work—its subject, author, style, or some other target—by means of satiric or ironic imitation.
  • Fable
    Fable is a literary genre: a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized (given human qualities, such as the ability to speak human language) and that illustrates or leads to a particular moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be added explicitly as a pithy maxim.
  • Political correctness
    Political correctness (adjectivally: politically correct), commonly abbreviated to PC, is a term that, in modern usage, is used to describe language, policies, or measures that are intended not to offend or disadvantage any particular group of people in society.
  • Newspeak
    Newspeak is the fictional language in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, written by George Orwell.
  • Kozma Prutkov
    Kozma Petrovich Prutkov (Russian: Козьма́ Петро́вич Прутко́в) is a fictional author invented by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy and his cousins, three Zhemchuzhnikov brothers, Alexei, Vladimir and Alexander, during the later part of the rule of Nicholas I of Russia.
  • Sarcasm
    Sarcasm is "a sharp, bitter, or cutting expression or remark; a bitter gibe or taunt.
  • The Devil's Dictionary
    The Devil's Dictionary is a satirical dictionary written by American journalist and author Ambrose Bierce.
  • Burlesque
    Burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects.
  • NEE
    NEE (Dutch for no) is a political protest group whose goal was to provide an alternative for voters who are unhappy with all political parties at hand in Belgium, where voting is compulsory.
  • The Party of Moderate Progress Within the Bounds of the Law
    The Party of Moderate Progress Within the Bounds of the Law (Czech: Strana Mírného Pokroku v Mezích Zákona) was a satirical political party founded by Jaroslav Hasek in 1911.
  • Pigasus (politics)
    Pigasus was a 145-pound (66-kg) domestic pig that was nominated for President of the United States as a theatrical gesture by the Youth International Party on August 23, 1968, just before the opening of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
  • Berlin Express-Historie
    Berlin-Express Historie Is a short mock-history of the city of Berlin in 42 chapters by novelist Albrecht Behmel.
  • Fascinating Aïda
    Fascinating Aïda is a British comedy singing group and satirical cabaret act founded in March 1983.
  • Pasquino
    Pasquino or Pasquin (Latin: Pasquillus) is the name used by Romans since the early modern period to describe a battered Hellenistic-style statue dating to the third century BC, which was unearthed in the Parione district of Rome in the fifteenth century.
  • The Unbroadcastable Radio Show
    The Unbroadcastable Radio Show was a monthly live comedy show performed at the Comedy Store, Manchester.
  • Craposyncrasies
    Written by Sorush Pakzad, Doozakhrafat, also known as Craposyncrasies, is a book of satirical pieces in Persian, which were posted on his personal blog before publication.
  • Satirical hip hop
    Satirical hip hop is a genre of hip hop done in a sarcastic, parodic or tongue in cheek way.
  • Satiric misspelling
    A satiric misspelling is an intentional misspelling of a word, phrase or name for a rhetorical purpose.