Sir Walter Scott says, These personal and scandalous libels, carried to excess in the reign of Charles II , acquired the name of lampoons from the burden sung to them: Lampone, lampone, camerada lampone'- Guzzler, guzzler, my fellow guzzler (French, lamper, to guzzle ) Sir Walter obtained his information from Trevoux
If you lampoon someone or something, you criticize them very strongly, using humorous means. He was lampooned for his short stature and political views
A lampoon is a piece of writing or speech which criticizes someone or something very strongly, using humorous means. his scathing lampoons of consumer culture The style Shelley is using here is that of popular lampoon. to criticize someone or something in a humorous way that makes them seem stupid (lampon, probably from lampons (used in drinking songs), from lamper )
A bitter, abusive satire in prose or verse attacking an individual Motivated by malice, it is intended solely to reproach and distress Sidelight: Before the term lampoon was coined, it was called invective and dates back as far as the origin of poetry itself It now appears primarily in prose, however, except for its occasional use in epigrams (See also Burlesque, Parody, Pasquinade)
{i} harsh satire, something which ridicules or makes fun of a person (or institution, etc.)
A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress
To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon