laughing stock
Speech parts
1. laughing stock - Noun
2. laughing stock - Phrase
Meaning
laughing stock (plural laughing stocks)
(idiomatic) An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; the butt of a joke.
laughing-stock (plural laughing-stocks)
Alternative spelling of laughing stock
Alternative names
laughing-stock
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Examples
The phoney [sic] electoral college made a laughing stock out of our nation. The loser one!
I think humour can be a very lethal weapon.You make somebody a laughing stock and you kill him. But most journalists don't do it. They get angry, which doesn't serve the purpose.
The Sizemores are the laughing stock of wannabee genealogy. They claim Cherokee descent, but their paper trail shows them to be white.
He [Obama] lost the popular vote by a lot and won the election. We should have a revolution in this country! The phoney [sic] electoral college made a laughing stock out of our nation. The loser one!
I don't know him from a can of paint. I'm 15 years deep. That's how you attack a king? You attack moi? Come on, man. "You got to come correct. You the laughing stock. People are like, 'You can't be serious.
Additionally, according to West African diplomatic sources it makes President Weah a virtual laughing stock in the subregion, particularly within high circles in Nigerian society.