booby prize

English

Noun

booby prize (plural booby prizes)

(idiomatic) A prize or status, often unwelcome, awarded as a joke or disincentive to the loser of a contest or for poor performance.
At the end of the conference, they awarded him with a rubber chicken as a booby prize for complaining the loudest.

Translations

a prize awarded for poor performance

Dutch: poedelprijs (nl) m
Finnish: lohdutuspalkinto (fi)

Spanish: premio limón

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