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send-ups

noun

plural of send-up

as in parodies

a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect a singer-comedian who specializes in send-ups of pop hits

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Recent Examples of send-ups The Teyana Taylor and Michael send-ups were shot after the Oscars. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 7 June 2026 Scary Movie released in theaters on Friday, treating fans after a long hiatus to classically raunchy, Wayans-style send-ups of films like Get Out, Sinners, and M3GAN, all of which were glimpsed in teasers and trailers leading up to the premiere. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026

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The five stars teased the project with parodies of their characters in a promo video.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026
The name of the collection parodies the seriousness of the museum, even as the collection itself is the kind of thing that has traditionally gotten scant attention within actual institutions.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

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Blanchett cofounded the nonprofit Human Consent Foundation to help people register how AI models can — or cannot — scrape their likenesses in an effort to combat such spoofs.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
It's been a great couple of years for horror movies, which means that the time was right for the return of horror spoofs.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026

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