# Mickey Mouse ring

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The 2020 NBA championship won by the Los Angeles Lakers.
2. Any championship in a sporting competition that is perceived to be of lower quality than other championships due to weaker competition or circumstances.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Mickey Mouse, ring.

## Etymology
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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mickey-mouse-ring