parody
noun
[ ˈparədi ]
• an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
• "the film is a parody of the horror genre"
Similar:
satire,
burlesque,
lampoon,
pastiche,
caricature,
take-off,
skit,
imitation,
mockery,
spoof,
send-up,
pappyshow,
pasquinade,
pasticcio,
piss-take,
parody
verb
• produce a humorously exaggerated imitation of (a writer, artist, or genre).
• "his speciality was parodying schoolgirl fiction"
Origin:
late 16th century: via late Latin from Greek parōidia ‘burlesque poem’, from para- ‘beside’ (expressing alteration) + ōidē ‘ode’.
