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laughing stock

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noun

  1. an object of humiliating ridicule

    his mistakes have made him a laughing stock

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In a July 4, 2013, email to Nikolic, Epstein wrote: “Bill risks going from richest man to biggest hypocrite, melinda a laughing stock, pledges will disappear as a result.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026

“You think about two years ago, three years ago, four years ago or one year ago, we were a laughing stock all over the world.”

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2025

But having told Variety that his goal was to “revive cinema and make bold choices,” the news about Kool-Aid makes Matt a laughing stock.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2025

Heathrow chief executive Thomas Woldbye denied the incident had made the airport a "laughing stock".

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2025

It must have looked pretty daft from his side, and if he hadn’t been such a decent type, I’d have been a laughing stock in no time.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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