Gimmick and Lie

Gimmick

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

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

Nearby Words: gimmicky, gimmickry

Lie noun - A statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive.

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Gimmick and lie are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gimmick" instead a noun "Lie".

Nearby Word: lied

old	old gimmick	old lie
good	good gimmick	good lie
particular	particular gimmick	particular lie
similar	similar gimmick	similar lie
Other adjectives: complete, standard, original, initial, single, obvious, simple, stupid, actual, big, great, bad, terrible, horrible, new, major, ridiculous, titular, last, occasional.

In an example of an actual good guy doing this, WWE's Eddie Guerrero (RIP) would do this all the time as part of his "lie, cheat, steal" gimmick.

Source: I Lied
Like Lie Detectors being anything more than a gimmick to trick people into confessing or that crime labs are filled with high tech crime solving gear run by geniuses.

Source: Series / Adam Ruins Everything
This flopped because he had never shown any signs of this in the whole time he had been doing the Rikishi gimmick...though, it was later revealed (or retconned) that he had been working for Triple H the whole time, so this may have been a lie, or at best an excuse.

Source: Wrestling / Rikishi

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