laughingstock

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
laughingstock
    n 1: a victim of ridicule or pranks [syn: {butt}, {goat},
         {laughingstock}, {stooge}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Laughingstock \Laugh"ing*stock`\, n.
   An object of ridicule; a butt of sport. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

         When he talked, he talked nonsense, and made himself
         the laughingstock of his hearers.        --Macaulay.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "laughingstock":
      butt, byword, byword of reproach, derision, dupe, fair game,
      figure of fun, fool, game, gazingstock, goat, jest, jestingstock,
      joke, mockery, monkey, stock, target, toy, victim
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