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laughingstock

[laf-ing-stok, lah-fing-] / ˈlæf ɪŋˌstɒk, ˈlɑ fɪŋ- /
NOUN
object of ridicule
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From AI-assisted trains to autonomous road shuttles, Germany's rail operator Deutsche Bahn -- long the country's laughingstock for its poor punctuality -- is working on the future of mobility.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Cohen’s arrival was supposed to signal the beginning of a new era for baseball’s perpetual laughingstock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

Moreover, she was neither a pitiful fool nor a mere laughingstock.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2024

Tom Brady and the New England Patriots rallied for a 34-28 overtime victory, which made Atlanta a national laughingstock.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2024

Trying to convince folk would only make them a laughingstock, like Crazy Martin, who had been trying to dig a well inside his own house for years now.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss


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