Sicknik
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sicknik is a noun meaning (slang, historical) Any of a group of American comedians, first popular in the 1950s, who employed cynicism, satire, and observational comedy rather than inoffensive traditional jokes.
Meaning
(slang, historical) Any of a group of American comedians, first popular in the 1950s, who employed cynicism, satire, and observational comedy rather than inoffensive traditional jokes.
Example Sentences
What the sickniks dispense is partly social criticism liberally laced with cyanide, partly a Charles Addams kind of jolly ghoulishness, and partly a personal and highly disturbing hostility toward all the world.
Word Forms
- sickniks
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sicko, sickie, sick-o, snitchee, snickerer, nikker.
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