Word of the Day – Lampoon

Lampoon (verb)

lam-poon

Publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm.

Mid 17th century from French lampon, said to be from lampons ‘let us drink’ (used as a refrain), from lamper ‘gulp down’, nasalized form of laper ‘to lap (liquid)’.

Example sentences

“He was being lampooned by the press and rightly so.”