This week's theme: words from Yiddish. shtick or schtick or schtik (shtik) noun
1. A performer's routine or gimmick. 2. One's special trait, interest, or talent. [From Yiddish shtik (pranks, gimmick, routine, literally piece), from German Stück (piece).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=shtick -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "The trio, whose shtick is to give a 1940s swing treatment to modern hits, do amazing things to Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights." Caroline Sullivan; Wireless Festival; The Guardian (London, UK); Jun 26, 2006. Sponsored by: The Desk Drawer: Tired of hiding your words in a closet? Need critiques? Ready for a nudge to write more? http://www.winebird.com/ Monthly French, German, Italian and Spanish cultural audio magazines for intermediate-to-advanced learners. http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith1 ............................................................................ A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones. -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, novelist, Nobel laureate (1918- ) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/shtick.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/shtick.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/shtick.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
