Meaning & use
laughingstock
A person or thing that is made fun of by everyone; an object of ridicule.
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After the failed product launch, the company briefly became a laughingstock in the industry.
He worried that missing the penalty kick would make him the laughingstock of the school.
A note on using this word
Laughingstock always describes someone or something publicly and repeatedly mocked, not just a one-time joke.
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