GIMMICK
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 11:08 pm
I was listening to "A Prairie Home Companion" on a road trip today, and at some point the word gimmick was used, and I thought that it would make an interesting GWOTD.
There's an interesting article at Wikipedia, as usual.
From etymonline.com:
There's an interesting article at Wikipedia, as usual.
From etymonline.com:
-Tim1926 (in Maine & Grant's "Wise-Crack Dictionary," which defines it as "a device used for making a fair game crooked"), Amer.Eng., perhaps an alteration of gimcrack, or an anagram of magic.