booby prizen.

Brit.

/ˈbuːbɪ prʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈbubi ˌpraɪz/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: booby n.¹, prize n.¹

Etymology: < booby n.¹ + prize n.¹

1. A prize or reward (frequently consisting of something ridiculous or undesirable) given as a joke to the competitor coming in last place in a contest, race, etc. Also figurative: notoriety or recognition as the worst or least successful person or thing in a particular group, field, etc.; last position.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [noun] > losing or defeat > booby-prize

mell1683

booby prize1884

booby1886

1884 Young Eng. Sept. 561/2 He grinningly consented to receive the booby-prize.

1888 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 14 Oct. 3/1 After tallying the stars and goose eggs the following prizes were awarded: Ladies' star prize, Mrs. H. M. Ehrenworth; ladies' booby prize, Miss Carrie Kiam.

1913 Burlington Mag. June 168/1 The Salon of the Société des Artistes Français..seems determined to compete with the Royal Academy for the artistic booby prize of the world.

1929 G. Stowell Hist. Button Hill i. 64 The incorrigible Mr. Denworthy presented as a booby-prize a small sample bottle of Worcester sauce.

1958 Times 18 Apr. 12/7 Lewisham North had the highest poll, with 50.4 per cent of the electorate voting. The booby prize in this respect went again to Stepney.

2014 Express (Nexis) 8 Aug. 21 Contestants had to solve obscure riddles to win a car, or risk ending up with the booby prize: a miniature bin.

2. figurative. Something likened to a booby prize in being merely a minor consolation, or (now more usually) an unintended, unwanted, or unappealing consequence of an (ostensibly successful) action, decision, situation, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > undesired or unintended consequence(s) or side-effect

repercussion1603

aftermath1671

ill effect1675

mal-effect1686

side effect1814

wrack1844

implication1873

backwash1876

katzenjammer1897

backlash1921

kickback1935

spillover1940

fallout1954

rub-off1962

booby prize1972

own goal1975

1972 Amer. Jrnl. Agric. Econ. 54 948/2 The poor are given the sop of full employment..and unless we have enough growth to satisfy the dividend recipients even the booby prize of full employment is taken away.

1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 14 June b1 The gift to create music and the booby prize of certain emotional complexities, ahem, seem to go together.

1980 Stud. in Romanticism 19 262 She is not to be consoled by the genealogical booby prize of a hero-son.

2018 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 22 Jan. (Sport section) 53 I'm not too sure there has ever been a bigger booby prize for finishing top of the Pool and No 1 seed than having to face the reigning champions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	booby prize
释义	booby prizen. Brit. /ˈbuːbɪ prʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈbubi ˌpraɪz/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: booby n.¹, prize n.¹ Etymology: < booby n.¹ + prize n.¹ 1. A prize or reward (frequently consisting of something ridiculous or undesirable) given as a joke to the competitor coming in last place in a contest, race, etc. Also figurative: notoriety or recognition as the worst or least successful person or thing in a particular group, field, etc.; last position. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [noun] > losing or defeat > booby-prize mell1683 booby prize1884 booby1886 1884 Young Eng. Sept. 561/2 He grinningly consented to receive the booby-prize. 1888 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 14 Oct. 3/1 After tallying the stars and goose eggs the following prizes were awarded: Ladies' star prize, Mrs. H. M. Ehrenworth; ladies' booby prize, Miss Carrie Kiam. 1913 Burlington Mag. June 168/1 The Salon of the Société des Artistes Français..seems determined to compete with the Royal Academy for the artistic booby prize of the world. 1929 G. Stowell Hist. Button Hill i. 64 The incorrigible Mr. Denworthy presented as a booby-prize a small sample bottle of Worcester sauce. 1958 Times 18 Apr. 12/7 Lewisham North had the highest poll, with 50.4 per cent of the electorate voting. The booby prize in this respect went again to Stepney. 2014 Express (Nexis) 8 Aug. 21 Contestants had to solve obscure riddles to win a car, or risk ending up with the booby prize: a miniature bin. 2. figurative. Something likened to a booby prize in being merely a minor consolation, or (now more usually) an unintended, unwanted, or unappealing consequence of an (ostensibly successful) action, decision, situation, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > undesired or unintended consequence(s) or side-effect repercussion1603 aftermath1671 ill effect1675 mal-effect1686 side effect1814 wrack1844 implication1873 backwash1876 katzenjammer1897 backlash1921 kickback1935 spillover1940 fallout1954 rub-off1962 booby prize1972 own goal1975 1972 Amer. Jrnl. Agric. Econ. 54 948/2 The poor are given the sop of full employment..and unless we have enough growth to satisfy the dividend recipients even the booby prize of full employment is taken away. 1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 14 June b1 The gift to create music and the booby prize of certain emotional complexities, ahem, seem to go together. 1980 Stud. in Romanticism 19 262 She is not to be consoled by the genealogical booby prize of a hero-son. 2018 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 22 Jan. (Sport section) 53 I'm not too sure there has ever been a bigger booby prize for finishing top of the Pool and No 1 seed than having to face the reigning champions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1884
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