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also schtick
or shtik
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Remember how, in that SNL book, Ferrell represented the hip future of comedy, mocking the smug boomer shtick of a Chevy Chase?
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
The issue for me is whether these prompt executive orders were examples of governance or shtick.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Jan. 2025
When 143 drops the wellness-guru shtick and speaks to real stakes — such as outlining the journey from adrift to finding fulfillment in motherhood — the nondescript gloss starts to feel intentional.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
Writing here about Cave’s unhinged vision of Elvis Presley’s birth in Tupelo, Mississippi, however, with his Revelation-on-a-moonshine-and-smack-bender shtick, is kind of beside the point.
—Spin Editors, SPIN, 21 Jan. 2025
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
The issue for me is whether these prompt executive orders were examples of governance or shtick.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Jan. 2025
When 143 drops the wellness-guru shtick and speaks to real stakes — such as outlining the journey from adrift to finding fulfillment in motherhood — the nondescript gloss starts to feel intentional.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
Writing here about Cave’s unhinged vision of Elvis Presley’s birth in Tupelo, Mississippi, however, with his Revelation-on-a-moonshine-and-smack-bender shtick, is kind of beside the point.
—Spin Editors, SPIN, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Shtick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shtick. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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