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self-parody

self-parody noun: parody of one's own work.

Noun

self-parody (countable and uncountable, plural self-parodies)

  1. Parody of one's own work.
    • Though at first blush the new IFC original series Portlandia may suggest a scathing parody of the notoriously green-to-the-point-of-neurotic Pacific Northwestern cultural hub, the show may actually be a bit closer to “self-parody”.2011 January 25, “Portlandia”, in BOMB
    • Mr. [Tao] Lin’s is an easy style to mock, and he often seems to be engaging in something that approaches self-parody.2013 June 4, Dwight Garner, “A Literary Mind, Under the Spell of Drugs and a MacBook”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2018

Forms of self-parody

pluralself-parodies

Origin of self-parody

From self- + parody.

Questions about self-parody

What does self-parody mean?
Self-parody means parody of one's own work.
What part of speech is self-parody?
Self-parody is a noun.
What is the plural of self-parody?
The plural of self-parody is self-parodies.

Words near self-parody in the dictionary

  1. self-pardoned
  2. self-pardoning
  3. self-pardons
  4. self-parking
  5. self-parodies
  6. self-parody
  7. self-partiality
  8. self-partnered
  9. self-perception
  10. self-perceptions
  11. self-perfect

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