3
ham it up(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, play)
3
high camp(expression, sport, fun, humor, sham)
3
humor(noun, trick, twist, fun, joke)
3
impersonate(verb, act, play, do, fake)
3
insult(verb, scorn, condemn, mock, tease)
3
ironical(adjective, ridicule, bitter, caustic, cutting)
3
laugh at(verb, expression, phrasal verb, scorn, twist)
3
libel(verb, picture, drawing, tarnish, vilify)
3
mirror(noun, verb, scorn, copy, assume)
3
misrepresent(twist, distort, pervert, misrepresentation)
3
misrepresentation(noun, imitation, joke, satire, misrepresentation)
3
mock-heroic(adjective, imitation, joke, satire, caricature)
3
mocking(adjective, keen, sharp, ridicule, bitter)
3
overestimation(noun, exaggeration)
3
overstatement(noun, exaggeration)
3
paraphrase(noun, copy)
3
parodic(adjective, farcical)
3
pleasantry(fun, humor, joke, gag, satire)
3
put down(verb, expression, scorn, condemn, mock)
3
rag(noun, verb, sport, ridicule, take-off)
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