Gig
Skill
Skill noun - Subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Joe of Joe's Apartment is made the drummer of a band called Shit shortly after moving in and is humiliated when he plays his first gig with them with zero skill.
Source: Dumb and Drummer - Billy Joel's song "Christie Lee" is about a saxophone player who meets a woman at his gig, who is impressed by his skill and comes home with him so he can "perform" for her.
Source: Double Entendre / Music
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