Travesty

  • 31travesty — I. v. a. Parody, imitate, take off, turn into burlesque. II. n. Parody, burlesque, caricature …

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  • 32travesty — n 1. burlesque, satire, take off, parody, caricature, lampoon, wicked imitation; mockery, ridicule; exaggeration, hyperbole. 2. distortion, poor imitation, misrepresentation, falsification, slander; grotesquery, monstrosity, abortion, atrocity;… …

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  • 33travesty — [ˈtrævəsti] noun [singular] something that is shocking because it is unfair or very different from what you expect …

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  • 34Texas Travesty — The Texas Travesty is the largest student produced humor publication in the United States.1 All production and creative work takes place at The University of Texas at Austin.The Travesty began in 1997 as an independent, online only publication by …

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  • 352001: A Space Travesty — Y a t il un flic pour sauver l humanité ? Y a t il un flic pour sauver l humanité ? ou 2001: Une parodie de l espace au Québec (2001: A Space Travesty) est un film germano canadien réalisé par Allan A. Goldstein, sorti en 2000. Sommaire 1… …

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  • 36Travesties — Travesty Trav es*ty, n.; pl. {Travesties}. A burlesque translation or imitation of a work. [1913 Webster] The second edition is not a recast, but absolutely a travesty of the first. De Quincey. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 37Travestied — Travesty Trav es*ty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Travestied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Travesting}.] To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render ridiculous or ludicrous. [1913 Webster] I see poor Lucan travestied, not appareled in his Roman toga, but… …

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  • 38Travesting — Travesty Trav es*ty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Travestied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Travesting}.] To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render ridiculous or ludicrous. [1913 Webster] I see poor Lucan travestied, not appareled in his Roman toga, but… …

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  • 39Burlesque (genre) — Burlesque is a genre of entertainment also known as Travesty. Prior to Burlesque becoming associated with striptease, it was a form of musical and theatrical parody in which an opera or piece of classical theatre is adapted in a broad, often… …

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  • 40parody — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. take off, imitation, travesty, burlesque. See copy, ridicule. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. travesty, caricature, burlesque, satire, lampoon, spoof, farce, imitation, mimicry, takeoff, pastiche, copy,… …

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