lampoon
pronunciation
How to pronounce lampoon in British English:
UK [læmˈpu:n]
How to pronounce lampoon in American English:
US [læmˈpun]
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- Noun:
- a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
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- Verb:
- ridicule with satire
Word Origin
- lampoon (v.)
- 1650s, from lampoon (n.), or else from French lamponner, from the Middle French noun. Related: Lampooned; lampooning.
- lampoon (n.)
- "A personal satire; abuse; censure written not to reform but to vex" [Johnson], 1640s, from French lampon (17c.), of unknown origin, said by French etymologists to be from lampons "let us drink," popular refrain for scurrilous 17c. songs, from lamper "to drink, guzzle," a nasalized form of laper "to lap," from a Germanic source akin to lap (v.). Also see -oon.
Example
- 1. Such gaffes and inexperience made mr kaczynski easy lampoon .
- 2. In this way arose feudal socialism : half lamentation , half lampoon .
- 3. His cartoon mercilessly lampoon the leading politician of the day .
- 4. Although he majored in english and wrote for and edited the harvard lampoon , he continued his cartooning .
- 5. Such gaffes and inexperience made mr kaczynski easy to lampoon .