Travesty: 1. a burlesque treatment, imitation, or translation for purposes of ridicule. 2. a crude and ridiculous representation; a ludicrous distortion. – Webster’s Unabridged (and very heavy) Dictionary
I went to a travesty of a funeral yesterday. I decided my relationship to the deceased was best described as my sister-in-law’s brother-in-law although there would be no court [...]
