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Booby prize : ウィキペディア英語版
Booby prize

A booby prize is a joke prize usually given in recognition of a terrible performance or last-place finish. A person who finishes last, for example, may receive a booby prize such as a worthless coin. Booby prizes are sometimes jokingly coveted as an object of pride.
Booby prizes may also be given as consolation prizes to all non-placing participants of a competition.
== Origin ==
The word "boob" stems from the Spanish ''bobo'' meaning stupid, which in turn came from the Latin ''balbus'' meaning stammering; the word booby to mean dunce appeared in 1599.
Booby prize literally means "idiot's prize". The OED dates this usage to 1893. Booby trap and "booby hatch" are related terms.〔(Straightdope.com )〕

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