Sentence:  When the venerable New York Times took my quote in which I described the neon elements as "<WSD>burlesquing</WSD> the myth of male dominance" and instead printed "he prefers to describe them as . . . symbols of male dominance" it became clear that dealing with journalists was going to be one long, rocky road. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To make a burlesque parody of