as in joke
a person or thing that is made fun of
his nerdy clothes made him the laughingstock of the schoolyard
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Recent Examples of laughingstock
Campbell has turned the Lions from laughingstock into legitimate Super Bowl contenders.
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Steve Silverman, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Long dismissed as a lackey or a laughingstock (thanks to his looks and his limp), the former driver turned factory manager spots an opportunity where others only see catastrophe.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
The youngest generation's reference to the Buckeye State appears to be a laughingstock within the online community, making waves on social media sites like TikTok.
—Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 15 Aug. 2024
In last December’s Andalusian regional elections, Vox, a far-right party and until that point the laughingstock of Spanish politicians, garnered some 400,000 votes, or 10.9 percent of the vote, enough to earn the party twelve seats in the Andalusian parliament.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2019
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Steve Silverman, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Long dismissed as a lackey or a laughingstock (thanks to his looks and his limp), the former driver turned factory manager spots an opportunity where others only see catastrophe.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
The youngest generation's reference to the Buckeye State appears to be a laughingstock within the online community, making waves on social media sites like TikTok.
—Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 15 Aug. 2024
In last December’s Andalusian regional elections, Vox, a far-right party and until that point the laughingstock of Spanish politicians, garnered some 400,000 votes, or 10.9 percent of the vote, enough to earn the party twelve seats in the Andalusian parliament.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2019
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“Laughingstock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laughingstock. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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