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| Subject | Russian | English |
| slang | жалкая пародия | bad joke (My new school is a bad joke. There's nothing for me there! mahavishnu) |
| inf. | жалкая пародия | poor excuse (SvezhentsevaMaria) |
| idiom. | жалкая пародия на | sorry excuse of a (Баян) |
| gen. | жалкие пародии на людей | excuses for people (linaalina) |