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We've checked our database and believe the answer is SATIRE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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99%6Exact Match!
noun

• witty language used to convey insults or scorn

• a genre of literature and performing arts, in which shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming others

98%3Exact Match!
noun

• a lyric poem with complex stanza forms

97%5Exact Match!
noun

• witty language used to convey insults or scorn

• incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs

• a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs

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