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| buffoon | a) a clown or jester, especially one who makes undignified, rude jokes, b) a ridiculous or stupid person |
| farce | a) a comic play using exaggerated characters and improbable plots, b) a mockery; an absurd show or pretense |
| irony | a) a deliberate use of words to convey the opposite of their leteral meaning, b) a contrast between what might be expected and what actually occurs |
| jocular | characterized by a joking manner |
| lampoon | a) a good-natured written piece that pokes fun at something or somebody, b) a written attack, often using ridicule, c) to satirize or ridicule |
| levity | a light and humorous manner or attitude, often when inappropriate |
| parody | a) a comic imitation that exaggerates charactistics in order to poke fun, b) somehting so bad as to seem like intentional mockery, c) to ridicule or make a mockery of |
| raillery | good-natured teasing or ridicule, particularly in a converation |
| regale | to delight or give please; to entertain |
| satirical | using sarcasm or sharp wit to expose human vice or weakness |
