Parody

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. 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. The lively parody which he wrote . . . on Dryden's "Hind and Panther" was received with great applause. Macaulay.

2. A popular maxim, adage, or proverb. [Obs.]

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To write a parody upon; to burlesque. I have translated, or rather parodied, a poem of Horace. Pope.