parodies
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
parody \par"o*dy\ (p[a^]r"[-o]*d[y^]), n.; pl. Parodies (p[a^]r"[-o]*d[i^]z). [L. parodia, Gr. parw,di`a; para` beside + 'w,dh` a song: cf. F. parodie. See Para-, and Ode.] [1913 Webster]
1.A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty. [1913 Webster]
The lively parody which he wrote . . . on Dryden's "Hind and Panther" was received with great applause.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]
2.A popular maxim, adage, or proverb. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]