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ground-breaking British magazine of popular humour, including a
great deal of satire of the contemporary, social, and political
scene.     Etymology and roots[edit]  The word satire comes from
the Latin word satur and the subsequent phrase lanx satura.
Satur meant "full" but the juxtaposition with lanx shifted the
meaning to "miscellany or medley": the expression lanx satura
literally means "a full dish of various kinds of fruits."[4]
The word satire derives from satura, and its origin was not
influenced by the Greek mythological figure of the satyr.[6] In
the 17th century, philologst Isaac Casaubon was the first to
dispute the etymology of satire from satyr, contrary to the
belief up to that time.[7] Despite the separate origin, satire
shares the subversive nature of the satyrs themselves, which was
a force in opposition to urbanity, decorum, and civilization
itself.  Satire and humor[