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lampoon (noun,verb):
noun
: a harsh satire usually directed against an individual
verb
: to make the subject of a lampoon : ridicule
Source : Merriam -Webster
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 may be familiar from the names of humour publications such as The Harvard Lampoon and its now-defunct spinoff National Lampoon. Both the noun and the verb come from the French word lampon, which likely originated from lampons, a form of the verb lamper, meaning “to drink to the bottom.” So what is the connection? Lampons! (meaning “Let us guzzle!”—that is, drink greedily) was a frequent refrain in 17th-century French satirical poems.
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