The tired storyline, centered on a lesbian couple's search for a sperm donor, is irritatingly spoofish and lacks the subtlety that makes for great send-ups.
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Send-up
//ˈsɛndˌʌp//
Synonyms for "send-up" (11 found)
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3 entriescoordinate
4 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 12 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- ծաղրերգություն noun (satirical imitation)
- պարոդիա noun (satirical imitation)
Bulgarian
2 entries- карикатура noun (satirical imitation)
- пародия noun (satirical imitation)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 戏仿 noun (satirical imitation)
- 戲仿 /戏仿 noun (satirical imitation)
Dutch
2 entries- parodie noun (satirical imitation)
- persiflage noun (satirical imitation)
Finnish
1 entries- parodia noun (satirical imitation)
French
1 entries- parodie noun (satirical imitation)
German
1 entries- Parodie noun (satirical imitation)
Korean
1 entries- 조롱 noun (satirical imitation)
Portuguese
1 entries- paródia noun (satirical imitation)
Russian
1 entries- паро́дия noun (satirical imitation)
Spanish
1 entries- parodia noun (satirical imitation)
Swedish
2 entries- drift noun (satirical imitation)
- parodi noun (satirical imitation)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Popstar doesn’t quite reach This Is Spinal Tap levels of satire (few things could), but as a send-up of the mores of today’s celebrity-obsessed culture, it largely succeeds.
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The animated sitcom, long a magnet for controversy, incurred the wrath of the current US administration for its brutal and graphic send-up of Donald Trump as a petty, micro-penised dictator, as well as parent company Paramount’s cowardly capitulations to him.
Source: wiktionary
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