The best in news parody* — a sampling of recent headlines from The Onion:
Opinion: If I Hadn’t Found Jesus, I’d Feel Pretty Shitty About My Crimes
Man Read Somewhere They Proved Thing He Just Made Up
Really Fun Toy Banned Because Of 3 Stupid Dead Kids
* Parody, from on Online Etymology* Dictionary
1590s (first recorded use in English is in Ben Jonson), from or in imitation of L. parodia “parody,” from Gk. paroidia “burlesque song or poem,” from para- “beside, parallel to” (in this case, “mock-”) + oide “song, ode” (see ode).
* Etymology
late 14c., from Gk. etymologia, from etymon “true sense” (neut. of etymos “true,” related to eteos “true”) + logos “word.” In classical times, of meanings; later, of histories.
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