lampoon

Meanings

Noun

• A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution.

Verb

• To satirize or poke fun at.

Origin

• From French lampon, built on French lampons ("let us drink — a popular refrain for scurrilous songs"), from lamper.
• : Littré quotes a satirical song mocking King Jacques II Stuart, fleeing Dublin, in 1691, and returning to France under the escort of Lauzun:
• :: Prenez soin de ma couronne, J'aurai soin de ma personne ;
  ("Take care of my crown, I will take care of my person")
  Lampons ! lampons !