booby prize
English
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Noun
[edit]booby prize (plural booby prizes)
- (idiomatic) A prize or status, often unwelcome, awarded as a joke or disincentive to the loser of a contest or for poor performance.
- At the end of the conference, they awarded him with a rubber chicken as a booby prize for complaining the loudest.
- 2025 June 25, “Network News: Network Rail to pay compensation for Oxford Botley Road delays”, in RAIL, number 1038, page 9:
- "Network Rail needs to take all the booby prizes going, for a ham-fisted, over-budget, over-time infrastructure project," local activist John Mair told RAIL.
Translations
[edit]a prize awarded for poor performance
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