A caricature of spoken English
caricature
• noun a depiction of a person in which distinguishing characteristics are exaggerated for comic or grotesque effect.
• verb make a caricature of.
— DERIVATIVES caricatural adjective caricaturist noun.
— ORIGIN Italian caricatura, from Latin carricare ‘to load’.
It's a common word, a pet-shop parrot could pronounce it, and it definitely isn't 'characterture'. Please, Breakfast and AM.
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• noun a depiction of a person in which distinguishing characteristics are exaggerated for comic or grotesque effect.
• verb make a caricature of.
— DERIVATIVES caricatural adjective caricaturist noun.
— ORIGIN Italian caricatura, from Latin carricare ‘to load’.
It's a common word, a pet-shop parrot could pronounce it, and it definitely isn't 'characterture'. Please, Breakfast and AM.
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