Donkey
Donkey noun - A stupid person.
Usage example: called him a donkey when he refused to go along with their plans
Stock
Stock noun - A stupid person.
Usage example: just sat there like a stock, staring at me blankly whenever I asked him a question
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Parodied in this commercial for Sci Fi Channel, wherein Lara Croft plays a version of Pong with stock sound effects from the Atari 2600's version of Donkey Kong—whilst on a PlayStation.
Source: Pac-Man Fever - Sliding Scale of Animal Cast: Au hasard Balthazar is Type 3: the secondary main character is a girl, Marie, but the main character is Balthazar, a donkey she cares for (in fact she's the only person in the whole film who cares for him.) Stock Sound Effects: Conspicuously averted.
Source: Creator / Robert Bresson - Some characters whose voice was actually a Stock Sound Effect were miscredited as another voice actor listed in the credits, most infamously Issac Marshall as Bowser and Charles Martinet as Donkey Kong in the Nintendo 64 era.
Source: Now Which One Was That Voice?
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Stock and Donkey. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/donkey/stock
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