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merit badge

American  

noun

  1. an insignia or device granted by the Boy Scouts, worn especially on a uniform to indicate special achievement.


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For those in need of a peakbagger merit badge, most scramblers choose to head up Plummer Peak to the west of the saddle, which is where the trail ends.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2023

Instantly recognized by her ghostly, powdered visage, the Tijuana alt-pop renegade Bruses wears her weirdness like a merit badge.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2022

"But PG&E getting a green merit badge after all the destruction they’re doing ... is not palatable."

From Fox News • Jan. 25, 2022

LUCIE, Fla. — Mickey Callaway, the new Mets manager, zips his team through such brisk workouts that Rob Manfred, the speed-it-up commissioner, just might give him a merit badge.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2018

I wonder if he ever won a merit badge for being Most Annoying.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

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