Parody

(păr'o-de.) [Gr. parōdeo, I sing with certain changes.] (Lit.) A kind of writing in which the words of an author or his thoughts are, by some slight alterations, adapted to a different purpose; or it maybe defined, a poetical pleasantry in which the verses of some author are,by way of ridicule, applied to another object; or a serious work is turned into burlesque by affecting to observe the same rhymes, words, and cadences. Parol, (par'ol.) [From Fr. parole.] (Law.) A term designating what is done by oral declaration, as parol evidence, i. e. evidence which is testimony by word of mouth, in contradistinction to written evidence. [s. 686]