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A shtick is a comic theme or gimmick.The word entered the English language from the Yiddish shtik (שטיק), related to German Stück, Polish sztuka, Cyrillic штука (all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją), all meaning "piece", "thing" or "theatre play"; Theaterstück is the German word for play (and is a synonym of Schauspiel, literally "viewing play" in contrast to Singspiel).
The sculpture Wall, at the entrance to the Migration Museum in Lewisham Shopping Centre, is made up of two panels from the former Berlin Wall, one painted by Stik and one by Thierry Noir. [1] In June 2022 at Bonhams Post-War and Contemporary Art sale, Stik's work Children of the Fire achieved a sale of £247,000. [17]
A word family is the base form of a word plus its inflected forms and derived forms made with suffixes and prefixes [1] plus its cognates, i.e. all words that have a common etymological origin, some of which even native speakers don't recognize as being related (e.g. "wrought (iron)" and "work(ed)"). [2]
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Stick Elliott (1934–1980), American stock car driver; Stephen Kernahan (born 1963), Australian footballer nicknamed "Sticks" Gene Michael (1938–2017), American baseball player nicknamed "Stick" Norm Provan (1932–2021), Australian former rugby league footballer and coach nicknamed "Sticks" Easton Stick (born 1995), American football ...
The word art derives from the Latin "ars" (stem art-), which, although literally defined means "skill method" or "technique", also conveys a connotation of beauty. During the Middle Ages the word artist already existed in some countries such as Italy, but the meaning was something resembling craftsman, while the word artisan was still unknown ...
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A throw-up or "throwie" sits between a tag and a bomb in terms of complexity and time investment. It generally consists of a one-color outline and one layer of fill-color. Easy-to-paint bubble shapes often form the letters. A throw-up is designed for quick execution, to avoid attracting attention to the writer.