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• sendup

語源

Deverbal from send up.

発音

• IPA: /ˈsɛndˌʌp/

名詞

send-up (plural send-ups)

1. A satirical imitation of a work of art or a genre.

   Coordinate terms: lampoon, parody, takeoff, travesty

   • 2006, Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince, Blood Moon's Guide to Gay and Lesbian Film, page 115:

     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.

   • 2016 June 2, David Sims, “'Popstar': Celebrity Satire Done Right”, in The Atlantic‎:

     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.

   • 2025 August 7, Zach Vasquez, “From puppy murder to racist podcasts: South Park’s anti-deportation episode is utterly ruthless TV”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     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.

アナグラム

• ends up, unsped, up-ends, upends, upsend