wooden spoonist

slang The person or team that finishes last in a competition. So-named because the imaginary prize for a last-place finish is a wooden spoon. Primarily heard in UK. Of course Roy was the wooden-spoonist in today's race—I didn't know a person could run so slow!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
BelgİN	-	Turkish
ZdeŇKa	-	Czech
SnjeŽAna	-	Croatian, Serbian
Alisa	ah-LEE-sah (Russian), AH-lee-sah (Finnish)	Russian, Finnish
ŞEnay	-	Turkish
Radomil	-	Czech, Medieval Slavic