Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An object of jokes or ridicule; a butt.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person or thing that is an object of ridicule; a butt for laughter or jokes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An object of ridicule; a butt of sport.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
laughing stock .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a victim of ridicule or pranks
Etymologies
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Examples
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And Moammar "They Give Them Pills at Night" Gadhafi will likely die too, probably leaking hilariously green blood but sadly without the word "laughingstock" ringing in his ears.
Thestar.com - Home Page Heather Mallick 2011
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No empire can survive being rendered a permanent laughingstock, which is what happened as of a few weeks ago, when the buffoons who have been running things in this country finally went one step too far.
Art Levine: Could Anger at AIG and Geithner's New Bank Plan Help Unions? 2009
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If the author wishes to make himself a laughingstock, that is his affair.
Nevermore Harold Schechter 1999
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No empire can survive being rendered a permanent laughingstock, which is what happened as of a few weeks ago, when the buffoons who have been running things in this country finally went one step too far.
Bill Totten's Weblog 2009
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No empire can survive being rendered a permanent laughingstock, which is what happened as of a few weeks ago, when the buffoons who have been running things in this country finally went one step too far.
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed RollingStone.com Matt Taibbi 2009
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No empire can survive being rendered a permanent laughingstock, which is what happened as of a few weeks ago, when the buffoons who have been running things in this country finally went one step too far.
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed AlterNet Don Hazen 2009
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It's over — we're officially, royally f*cked. no empire can survive being rendered a permanent laughingstock, which is what happened as of a few weeks ago, when the buffoons who have been running things in this country finally went one step too far. ...
Matt Tabbai: "The Big Takeover" - Rolling Stone Michael Caddell 2009
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It's over - we're officially, royally fucked. no empire can survive being rendered a permanent laughingstock, which is what happened as of a few weeks ago, when the buffoons who have been running things in this country finally went one step too far.
The Big Picture 2009
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It's over - we're officially, royally fucked. no empire can survive being rendered a permanent laughingstock, which is what happened as of a few weeks ago, when the buffoons who have been running things in this country finally went one step too far.
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It's over - we're officially, royally fucked. no empire can survive being rendered a permanent laughingstock, which is what happened as of a few weeks ago, when the buffoons who have been running things in this country finally went one step too far.
Political Waves 2009
whichbe commented on the word laughingstock
A trickster stock on the Dow.
October 31, 2008
dontcry commented on the word laughingstock
Or, stock in those little round cheeses with the cross-dressing bull on the front...
October 31, 2008