Send-up (Noun)
Meaning
A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The comedian's send-up of the politician's speech had the whole audience in stitches.
- The parody article was a clever send-up of the newspaper's usual serious tone.
- The film was a send-up of the classic Western genre, exaggerating its clichés for comedic effect.
- The artist's painting was a send-up of the romantic landscape style, replacing rolling hills with discarded trash.
- The writer's send-up of the bestselling novel's melodramatic prose had literary critics nodding in agreement.