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The Word of the Day for August 21 is:

lampoon \lam-POON\ verb
: to make the subject of a lampoon : ridicule

Example sentence:
A local cartoonist lampooned the mayor, portraying him as a slow, drawling bumpkin.

Did you know?
"Lampoon" can be a noun or a verb. The noun "lampoon" (meaning "satire," or, specifically, "a harsh satire usually directed against an individual") was first used in English in 1645. The verb followed about a decade later. The words come from the French "lampon," and probably originated with "lampons," the first person plural imperative of "lamper" ("to guzzle"). "Lampons!" (meaning "Let us guzzle!") is a frequent refrain in 17th-century French satirical poems.

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