Gimmick and Job

Gimmick

Gimmick noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Job and gimmick are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Job" instead a noun "Gimmick".

Nearby Words: gimmicky, gimmickry

Job noun - An assignment at which one regularly works for pay.

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Gimmick and job are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gimmick" instead a noun "Job".

Nearby Word: jobless

old	old gimmick	old job
good	good gimmick	good job
similar	similar gimmick	similar job
specific	specific gimmick	specific job
Other adjectives: current, original, simple, actual, entire, real, big, great, bad, terrible, horrible, main, new, former, primary, odd, last, different, previous.

Even on topics outside of kayfabe character will always be used in place of gimmick, even though "gimmick" was coined to more accurate explain how the job is different than playing a character.

Source: Insistent Terminology / Professional Wrestling
Matt Striker, who parlayed his real-life job as a high school teacher into a gimmick as a sadistic teacher.

Source: Sadist Teacher
After Paul Heyman lost his job as general manager of WWE Smackdown, he tried to maintain his power in the company by having The Dudley Boys kidnap Paul Bearer, hoping that in doing so they could control The Undertaker, who had just returned to his zombie gimmick.

Source: Distressed Dude

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