What is another word for booby prize?

Pronunciation: [bˈuːbi pɹˈa͡ɪz] (IPA)

Booby prize is a term used to describe a worthless or embarrassing prize given as a joke or consolation to the runner-up of a competition. There are several other synonyms for the booby prize, including the wooden spoon, the consolation prize, and the loser's prize. The wooden spoon refers to a spoon-shaped trophy given to the last-place finisher of a competition, while the consolation prize is a token prize given to someone who did not win the main prize. Additionally, the loser's prize can range from something humorous to something insulting, depending on the situation. Despite their different names, all of these terms are used to describe a prize that is not as desirable as the main prize.

What are the hypernyms for Booby prize?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • hypernyms for booby prize (as nouns)

What are the hyponyms for Booby prize?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for booby prize (as nouns)

Famous quotes with Booby prize

  • Insight is the booby prize of life.
    David Levy
  • Sometimes it is hard to criticize, one wants only to chronicle.After a while one is embarrassed not so much for them as for poetry, which is for these poor poets one more of the openings against which everyone in the end beats his brains out; and one finds it unbearable that poetry should be so hard to write — a game of Pin the Tail on the Donkey in which there is for most of the players no tail, no donkey, not even a booby prize.
    Randall Jarrell
  • Wisdom is the booby prize given when you've been unwise.
    Piet Hein

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