shtick
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noun Slang.
1.
(especially in comic acting) a routine or piece of business inserted to gain a laugh or draw attention to oneself.
2.
one's special interest, talent, etc.
Also, shtik.
Origin:
1955–60; < Yiddish shtik pranks, whims, literally, piece < Middle High German stücke, Old High German stucki (German Stück); cf. stucco
1955–60; < Yiddish shtik pranks, whims, literally, piece < Middle High German stücke, Old High German stucki (German Stück); cf. stucco
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| slang a comedian's routine; act; piece | |
| [C20: from Yiddish shtik piece, from Middle High German stücke] | |
| schtick or schtick | |
| —n | |
| [C20: from Yiddish shtik piece, from Middle High German stücke] | |
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shtick
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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Word Origin & History
shtick
1959, from Yiddish shtik "an act, gimmick," lit. "a piece, slice," from M.H.G. stücke "piece, play," from O.H.G. stucki (see stock (n.1)).
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Example sentences
There is clearly an audience for this sort of mean-judge shtick.
In conversation, this is quirky and funny, but on the blog her clowning can sometimes read as shtick.
Her shtick demonstrates that she's a keen observer of all that sucks around us.
But those twitches are never more than airy comic shtick.
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