After having taken a bird’s-eye view of parody as defined over the years by theorists thereof, and discussing the pros and cons of the “parody vs satire” stance, the present essay argues with Van Ghent (1953) and Chambers (2010) that parody can best be viewed as a technique. While Section 3 features “stiob” (Yurchak 2006) as the prototype of ‘politically-correct’ parody, Section 4 takes theory out into the field by anatomizing several specimens of ‘politically-germane’ parody.