booby prize

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

booby prize (plural booby prizes)

1. (idiomatic) A prize or status, often unwelcome, awarded as a joke or disincentive to the loser of a contest or for poor performance.

   At the end of the conference, they awarded him with a rubber chicken as a booby prize for complaining the loudest.

Translations

a prize awarded for poor performance

• Dutch: poedelprijs (nl) m
• Finnish: lohdutuspalkinto (fi)
• French: prix parodique m
• Icelandic: skammarverðlaun n pl
• Spanish: premio limón
• Thai: รางวัลยอดแย่

See also

• wooden spoon