booby prize

Frequency: 6.03.5 per million words

A prize given as a joke to the person who finishes last in a competition.

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Examples (20)

  • He came in last in the race and won the booby prize.
  • The booby prize was awarded to the worst singer in the competition.
  • The booby prize for the worst-decorated cake was a wooden spoon.
  • He ended up winning the booby prize for coming last in the race.
  • I was so bad at the trivia game that I got the booby prize!
  • As a joke, they gave her a booby prize consisting of a single wooden spoon.
  • No one wants to end up with the booby prize in the company's annual sales competition.
  • Nobody wants to take home the booby prize, even if it's meant to be funny.
  • She laughingly accepted the booby prize after her team finished last.
  • The booby prize for the least successful fisherman was a plastic fish.
  • What's the booby prize for this year's family reunion games?
  • In our office trivia contest, the booby prize is usually a giant paper clip.
  • Our team's performance was so dismal that we were awarded the booby prize of a broken trophy.
  • They laughed when he was presented with the booby prize for his terrible golf score.
  • Finishing last and receiving the booby prize was more embarrassing than fun.
  • The team that finished at the bottom of the league received a booby prize.
  • The organizer jokingly announced who would receive the booby prize.
  • I was so slow during the marathon that I was sure I'd get the booby prize.
  • He tried his best, but still ended up with the booby prize.
  • We decided to award a booby prize to make the loser feel more included in the fun.