Academy Award

plural Academy Awards

1. An award in any of various fields related to moviemaking, most prominently acting, generally awarded at a televised gala to winners who then speak; commonly used to indicate a person has been lying with great skill.

   Lola's performance was academy award standard.

   1959, Marc Brody, Low Dive for Lola, page xv. 70

   5 more examples

   They still make each other smile and they each brag about how smart and talented and wise and tender the other one is and how lucky each is to have met the other and they actually look happy and if it's a front then I say both of them deserve Academy Awards for their splendid performances.

   1997, Terry McMillan, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, page 225

   "Our drawing-room furniture and the corner cupboard will be lovely in this room," Tess had purred. "And we could have the Turner over the mantelpiece; over the Adam fireplace. It would look lovely." The agent got hopeful. He particularly liked people who talked about drawing rooms. "You ought to get an Academy Award," Ronnie told her later. "Bloody Academy Award you should have. Effing marvelous."

   2000, John Gardner, Day of Absolution, Scribner, →ISBN, page 340

   Mrs. Malloy's innocent expression merited an Academy Award.

   2002, Dorothy Cannell, The Importance of Being Ernestine, Penguin, →ISBN

   'You were a geisha?' she breathed. If her interest was feigned, she deserved an Academy Award.

   2007, Emma Holly, In the Flesh, Black Lace, →ISBN, page 42

   Although Emily had the figure and the bearing to pull off an Academy Award–red carpet–worthy dress, she'd selected something a little more sedate[.]

   2009, Laura Hayden, Red, White, and Blue, Tyndale House, →ISBN, page 88