Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
The 2020 NBA championship won by the Los Angeles Lakers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, derogatory, informal
Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Any championship in a sporting competition that is perceived to be of lower quality than other championships due to weaker competition or circumstances.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, broadly, derogatory, informal
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Mickey Mouse, ring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Likely from Mickey Mouse (“of inferior quality”), or in reference to the 2020 NBA Bubble shortened basketball season held at Walt Disney World, or both of these; with ring as a metonym for “championship” after the Championship ring presented to members of winning teams.
