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List of mocking awards

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This is a list of negative or anti-awards and mock prizes.

Arts and entertainment

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Language and speaking

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  • Académie de la Carpette anglaise, to "members of the French élite who distinguish themselves by relentlessly promoting the domination of the English language over the French language in France and in European institutions."
  • Doublespeak Award, an "ironic tribute to public speakers who have perpetuated language that is grossly deceptive, evasive, euphemistic, confusing, or self-centered"
  • Ernie Awards, for comments deemed misogynistic
  • Foot in Mouth Award, for "a baffling comment by a public figure"
  • Golden Bull Award, for organizations which use confusing and bad English
  • Un-word of the year, for a German word or word group deemed to be the year's most offensive new or recently popularized term
  • Word of the year, including "most unnecessary", "most outrageous", "most euphemistic", "least likely to succeed"

Science and pseudoscience

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  • Allergen of the Year
  • Bent Spoon Award for paranormal or pseudo-scientific fraud
  • Erratic Boulder Award (orig. Bludný Balvan), for the contribution of individuals and societies in misleading the Czech public and the development of a muddy way of thinking
  • Goldenes Brett, for the most astonishing pseudo-scientific nuisance of the year in German-speaking countries
  • Ig Nobel Prize, started off as an award for questionable scientific achievements, but evolved to a honourable award with the slogan 'honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think'.
  • Pigasus Award, for paranormal fraud, presented by noted skeptic James Randi
  • Snuffed Candle Award for presenting pseudoscience as genuine

Sports

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  • The Gooker Award, given each year to the worst gimmick, storyline, match or event in professional wrestling in that year.
  • Bidone d'oro, for the most disappointing player in Serie A Italian football league
  • Douglas Wilkie Medal, presented to those who do the least for Australian rules football
  • Mr. Irrelevant, for the last player selected in each year's NFL draft
  • Wooden spoon (award), usually given to an individual or team which has come last in a competition, but sometimes also to runners-up

Other

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See also

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