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
However, the White Sox still remain a laughingstock.
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Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2025
With the help of Hall of Fame general manager Bill Polian, Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy and Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning, Irsay turned the Colts from a longtime laughingstock into a perennial title contender, even winning a Super Bowl title.
—Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
The rebrand became an immediate laughingstock, described by critics as out-of-touch corporate jargon.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
The Lions were a laughingstock of the NFL and made the playoffs three times from 2000-20, losing in the wild-card round each time.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
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Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2025
With the help of Hall of Fame general manager Bill Polian, Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy and Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning, Irsay turned the Colts from a longtime laughingstock into a perennial title contender, even winning a Super Bowl title.
—Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
The rebrand became an immediate laughingstock, described by critics as out-of-touch corporate jargon.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
The Lions were a laughingstock of the NFL and made the playoffs three times from 2000-20, losing in the wild-card round each time.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laughingstock
Noun
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Though the movie is accessible to new fans, there are plenty of winks and nods for diehards who can understand what might seem, to the uninitiated, like cheesy moments—a cringeworthy English rap verse, a scene parodying the product placement in K-dramas—as self-aware jokes.—
Yvonne Kim,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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That means having to cut jokes that don't fit his do-no-harm MO.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Traditional software is often cheaper, faster and more reliable when a solution is rules-based and needs fool-proof outputs.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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Here’s why the whole enterprise might be a fool’s errand.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Laughingstock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laughingstock. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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