sicknik en · NOUN
Etymology
From sick + -nik.
Meanings
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(historical, slang) Any of a group of American comedians, first popular in the 1950s, who employed cynicism, satire, and observational comedy rather than inoffensive traditional jokes.
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.
1959 July 13, “The Sickniks”, in Time, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sickniks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |