autoparody means A parody of one's own work. It carries an Arena rating of 1500, earned across 117 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, autoparody ranks #926 of 17,151 for The Improbable, #1,644 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #2,494 of 17,163 for Funniest Words, #4,473 of 17,126 for Most Elegant Words.
Why “autoparody” is a great word
AUTOPARODY — [Noun] A deliberate, self-aware parody of one's own characteristic style, work, or persona. From the combining form auto- (from Greek autos, meaning "self") + parody (from Greek parōidia, meaning "burlesque song or poem"). Unlike self-parody (which often implies an unintentional, degenerative lapse into one's own clichés) or pastiche (which denotes respectful stylistic imitation without satirical intent), autoparody is an artistic gambit of conscious self-mockery. It is the director who lampoons his own visual signatures, the novelist whose late work wryly echoes the tropes of her early successes, or the comedian meticulously sending up the very cadences that made her famous—a sophisticated defense forged from the weapons of the offense, proving that to survive a style, one must sometimes learn to bury it with a wink.
Etymology
From auto- + parody.
noun
- A parody of one's own work.
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