Parody

·noun A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.

II. Parody ·vt To write a parody upon; to Burlesque.

III. Parody ·noun A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty.