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lampoon (verb) – To ridicule or satirize in a lampoon.
(noun) – A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution.
Source : The Free Dictionary
Etymology : Lampoon can be a noun or a verb. The noun lampoon (meaning “satire” or, specifically, “a harsh satire usually directed against an individual”) was first used in English in the 17th century and is still found in use, especially in the names of humor publications such as The Harvard Lampoon. Both the noun and the verb come from the French lampon, which probably originated from lampons, the first person plural imperative of the verb lamper, meaning “to guzzle.” So what is the connection? Lampons! (meaning “Let us guzzle!”) was a frequent refrain in 17th-century French satirical poems.
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