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shtick

sh tik

  • n  (Yiddish) a little; a piece
  • n  (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention
  • n  (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning
  • n  (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating

  • Then, in 1948, the Tuesday-night Texaco Star Theater exploded like a shtick of nitro, with an assault of vaudeville skits, ancient gags and a man who often dressed like a woman.
  • The advent of the long-playing record allowed millions of people to enjoy the middlebrow shtick of Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner, and videocassette recorders brought the raunchy .
  • The feud: It all began with Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's trip to New York City and a late-night shtick that went a bit too far in some people's books.
News & Articles

  • Baby on board: How NASCAR saved my daughter
    And there was my daughter’s head. Dangling. My least favorite Internet writing shtick is, “What We Learned.” The approach is particularly bad in sportswriting. The Internet has made it possible to publish a story the second a sporting event ends.
    June 14, 2013 - Philly.com
  • Drew McIntyre Needs to Jump Ship from 3MB to Paul Heyman to Save His Career
    It looks like Drew McIntyre might be having some buyer’s remorse about his current shtick as a member of 3MB, but it also is quite possible that his comments about that role are fueling the rumors of a pending shake-up in Paul Heyman’s stable. McIntyre took to Twitter Thursday to admit his desire to possibly join forces with Heyman. He took great pains to make it look like he was not knocking ...
    June 14, 2013 - Bleacher Report
  • Celebration Barn presents “Laugh ‘Till You Die” with Tom Murphy
    SOUTH PARIS -- Celebration Barn will present the second show of its summer series, “Laugh ‘Till You Die” at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 22. In this new, one-man show, physical comedian Tom Murphy will celebrate his 60th trip around the sun with his signature mix of stand-up shtick and fall-down funny physicality.
    June 13, 2013 - The Lewiston Sun Journal
Quotes

  • Simon Cowell in Access Hollywood
    We've taken a little bit of shtick this year with the competition, but at the end of the day this show is about finding a star, and tonight I think we've witnessed one of the great finals,Simon said. "But here's the difference, in my...
  • Jackie Mason in Washington Post
    The pamphlet uses my name, my likeness, my `shtick' (if you will), and my very act, which is derived from my personality, to attract attention and converts,Mason said in an affidavit.
  • Warren Sapp in San Francisco Chronicle
    Come on, you know how it works,Sapp said in the locker room Wednesday. "It's all a PR shtick. The big, bad 99 has done it now. Whatever, man. I have no recourse. It's only me. It's always been me."

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