booby prize
Last place trophy
A booby prize is an award given as a joke to the person who finishes last or performs worst in a competition.
The humor lies in treating failure as worthy of recognition: The slowest runner got a booby prize—a pair of concrete shoes.
By extension, any unwanted outcome mockingly framed as a reward.
- last placeLowest rank achieved
- dead lastFinishing behind all others
- wooden spoonCarved cooking utensil
- participation trophyAward for mere involvement
- also-ranUnsuccessful competitor
mockery · failure · irony · defeat · losing streak · sportsmanship · white elephant · practical joke · self-deprecation · competition · participation · loser · sore loser · good sport · tombola · farce · comic relief · lightheartedness
- Dubious Honorswooden spoon, participation trophy, dunce cap, last place, Golden Raspberry
booby prizefirst prize
Award for the winner
grand prize · top prize · gold medal · first place · championship
booby prizeNobel Prize
Highest academic honor
Academy Award · Pulitzer Prize · Medal of Honor · jackpot · knighthood
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