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
An uber-talented player who made joining one of the NFL’s premier laughingstocks so enticing in itself.
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Mike D. Sykes, Ii, For The Win, 22 Jan. 2025
Working with Dan Campbell as the Lions defensive coordinator, Glenn, 52, was key in the effort to turn the Lions from one of the NFL’s laughingstocks into one of its elite teams.
—Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
For decades, football fans in Washington and Detroit suffered through horrendous seasons, continuous coaching carousels, organizational dysfunction and on-field blunders that made their teams the laughingstocks of the NFL.
—Mike Jones, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
Under Snyder the Redskins/Commanders were a laughingstock, while under Harris they’re set to play the Detroit Lions for a spot in the NFC Championship.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Mike D. Sykes, Ii, For The Win, 22 Jan. 2025
Working with Dan Campbell as the Lions defensive coordinator, Glenn, 52, was key in the effort to turn the Lions from one of the NFL’s laughingstocks into one of its elite teams.
—Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
For decades, football fans in Washington and Detroit suffered through horrendous seasons, continuous coaching carousels, organizational dysfunction and on-field blunders that made their teams the laughingstocks of the NFL.
—Mike Jones, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
Under Snyder the Redskins/Commanders were a laughingstock, while under Harris they’re set to play the Detroit Lions for a spot in the NFC Championship.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laughingstock
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Dave Chappelle roasted Donald Trump for taking over as chairman of the Kennedy Center—weeks after a past joke about the president went newly viral on social media.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Joy Behar landed in hot water when a joke about a decades-old scandal fell flat.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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“Laughingstock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laughingstock. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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