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Subject: Re: Satire vs Parody, choose one! Author: No one [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 07:40:36 05/10/01 Thu In reply to: Gomer the Loadie 's message, "Satire vs Parody, choose one!" on 20:39:41 05/09/01 Wed Guess what?? They actually have online dictionaries!! So in case you were interested in the the actual definition of a word.. and you can spell.. LOL.. (I know that leaves a lot of you out!!)you too, can have instant access to find out exactly what that word, which is stumping you means!!... *hint hint* And I particularly like this word... not only for it's actual meaning but for the legal ramifications that accompany it... LOL.. So anytime any of you super-smart people need to understand a word.. LOOK IT UP IN A DICTIONARY.. LOL!! Now that doesn't take a brain surgeon. par·o·dy (pr-d) n. par·o·dies. A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule. S ee Synonyms at caricature. The genre of literature comprising such works. Something so bad as to be equivalent to intentional mockery; a travesty: The trial was a parody of justice. Music. The practice, popular in the 15th and 16th centuries, of significantly reworking an already established composition, especially the incorporation into the Mass of material borrowed from other works, such as motets or madrigals. v. tr. par·o·died, par·o·dy·ing, par·o·dies. To make a parody of. See Synonyms at imitate. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Latin pardia, from Greek paridia: para-, subsidiary to; see para-1 + id, song; see wed-2 in Indo-European Roots.] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pa·rodic (p-rdk) or pa·rodi·cal (--kl) adj. paro·dist n. paro·distic adj. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pronunciation Key Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I now return you to your regularly scheduled message board. Don't let those ignorant people upset you!! LOL.. I can't believe they think the WHOLE THING is about them!! LOL .. what ego's!! Luv you guys.. All my people rock!! No one [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]