lampoon

CEFRC2

/læmˈpuːn/

verb · verb/noun · noun

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01
verb
To make fun of someone or something through public writing or images.
02
verb
Extra detail
To satirize or poke fun at.

Examples

She loves to lampoon celebrities in her sketches.
The satirical magazine used its cover to lampoon celebrity culture.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 4
Parts of speech: 3
Citations: 3
Synonyms: 5

Deep Dive

verb/noun

Extra meaning

To publicly criticize someone or something using ridicule or satire.

noun

Extra meaning

A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution; especially, a satirical one.

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In context

To say truth, Ma'am, 'tis very vulgar to Print and as my little Productions are mostly Satires and Lampoons I find they circulate more by giving copies in confidence to the Friends of the Parties—
The original phrase was frequently lampooned in subsequent years, becoming strong enough in popular culture that the variations in place of ‘drugs’ probably didn’t take long to appear at all.

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Citations

The word in print, with each source given in full.

To say truth, Ma'am, 'tis very vulgar to Print and as my little Productions are mostly Satires and Lampoons I find they circulate more by giving copies in confidence to the Friends of the Parties—
1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, I.i
The original phrase was frequently lampooned in subsequent years, becoming strong enough in popular culture that the variations in place of ‘drugs’ probably didn’t take long to appear at all.
2009 June 24, “this is your brain on X”, in The Snowclones Database
Her tone shift involved former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton lampooning their fellow ex-president as a figure of ridicule. Then Harris closed the trap with a line in her convention speech: “Trump is an unserious man. But the consequences … of putting Donald Trump back in the White House are extremely serious.”
2024 August 26, Stephen Collinson, “Trump’s personal attacks aren’t just who he is. They’re his strategy”, in CNN

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Origin

verb

From French lampon (“satire, mockery, ridicule”), built on French lampons (“let us drink — a popular refrain for scurrilous songs”), from lamper (“to quaff, to swig”). : Littré quotes a satirical song mocking King Jacques II Stuart, fleeing Dublin, in 1691, and returning to France under the escort of Lauzun: :: Prenez soin de ma couronne, J'aurai soin de ma personne ; ("Take care of my crown, I will take care of my person") Lampons ! lampons !