What is a dubious honor?

A dubious honor? Maybe it's an honor or maybe it's not!

An honor is recognition, praise, an award.

Dubious means full of doubt, uncertain.

A dubious honor is recognition, but of a questionable sort:

- She had the dubious honor of being on the cover of the magazine's 'Worst Dressed' issue.

- That college has the dubious honor of being at the top of the 'Most Parties' list.

A dubious honor can also be getting selected or promoted, but for an unpopular or unpleasant task:

- He was a little late and found that the guys had voted already and had awarded him the dubious honor of being Team Manager, with all that extra work.

- She was thrilled to be on the Arrangements Committee for the Spring Festival, even if she only had the dubious honor of being in charge of ordering the Porta-Potties.