laughingstock

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 The Dallas Mavericks already were the laughingstock of the NBA after trading superstar guard Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers ahead of the Feb. 6 trade deadline. Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 The former Florida Gator has seen the club go from a laughingstock to a contender. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025 Despite looking for ways to polish his resume for a potential presidential run, Pritzker has yet to embrace an across-the-board overhaul of the free-wheeling political atmosphere that makes Illinois a national laughingstock. Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025 Before midnight, Samantha would be TikTok’s latest viral sensation, the laughingstock of the internet. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for laughingstock

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“Laughingstock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laughingstock. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.

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