1619: lampoon May 21, 2019
The word 'lampoon' used to describe satirical work comes from French, but no one knows why for sure. The word is believed to have had the meaning in French of 'let us drink'; in the 17th century 'lampons' was a common refrain in drinking-songs. The word itself comes from 'lamper' ('to gulp') which is a form of 'laper' ('liquid') related to the English verb 'lap'. While this is not controversial information, no on is quite sure why this came to denote satire.
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