Quiet and Schtick

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Quiet noun - A state of freedom from storm or disturbance.

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Schtick is an antonym for quiet.

Nearby Words: quietly, quieten, quiescent, quieted, quietness

Schtick noun - (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention.

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Quiet is an antonym for schtick in topics: falsehood, part of a performance.

Jamie Madrox does this to Rahne/Wolfsbane in the first issue of his miniseries (the prelude to X-Factor), lampshading in the narration that this Holmes schtick should quiet her doubts about his detective skills.

Source: Sherlock Scan

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