What do you think of the use of the phrase "award winning"?

I really don’t think about it but it brings to mind all the participation awards my kids got just for showing up.

I agree with @rojo. You can get an award for anything these days, so “award winning” whatever doesn’t matter to me in the slightest.

Meaningless. Just like all of the ads you hear for drugs that are “laboratory tested”.

Also meaningless. Laboratory tested doesn’t mean it passed, just that it was tested. And what laboratory? Using what measures? What are their credentials?

Words like Award Winning and Lab Tested are red flags that they are probably lying.

@elbanditoroso there is a commercial for some vitamin company that advertises that it is the only one to have received a stamp of approval from some group. If you take the time to look it up, turns out that that is pretty much the only thing the group does, hand out awards. I think it is also tied to the vitamin company in some manner as well. “Yes, what you have is a vitamin! Here is your certification stating such!”

“Award Winning” as a stand alone honorific is totally meaningless, regardless of the use. Who or what hasn’t received some sort of award. I see you’re a 34 time Fluther Award Winner.

It’s interesting, though, that we’ve already separated ‘award winning’ into animate and inanimate:

When applied to a person, as in the OP, ‘award winning’ usually has a qualifier, as in “Tony Award Winning” and that narrows the field to stage production people. I think ‘award winning’ in this case is used to help the reader/viewer zero in on the exact person being discussed asap. I think it’s held to a fairly high BS rating.

When applied to an inanimate thing or product ‘award winning’ is totally meaningless. I get a kick out of reading back and seeing that a “Award Winning!” wine received “The Lt. Governor of S. Dakota’s ‘Lip Smackin Award’ in 1981.”

Hey, someone who lives in Canada bought something I made once. That makes me an internationally-recognized artist!

And I once shook the hand of a campaigning mayor which must means that I’m “politically connected”.

Pshaw, @stanleybmanly. I shook hands with President Carter in the White House. I have my ‘thumb on the pulse of the White House”.

I think it should be hyphenated.

The phrase gives me an image of some guy drinking coffee from a “World’s Greatest Dad” mug.

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