make fun of

Idioms  

1. Also, poke fun at; make sport of. Mock, ridicule, as in The girls made fun of Mary's shoes, or They poked fun at Willie's haircut, or I wish you wouldn't make sport of the new boy. The first term dates from the early 1700s, the second from the mid-1800s, and the third from the early 1500s.

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We used to make fun of IBM, saying it would market sushi restaurants as selling “cold, dead, raw fish.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

The Sun follows with the same headline, adding that Davis has asked her friends and family "to make fun of me as much as possible".

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Wallace’s teammates — who clearly are enamored with his energy as a two-way player — like to playfully make fun of him, on the rare occasion he messes up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

"The point is to make fun of Japan's 'cute' image online, with all its cliches and stereotypes," 25-year-old French YouTuber Rocky Louzembi, who analyses internet culture, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026

“Have they posted the list? How am I supposed to know who to make fun of first?”

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein