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Gimmick

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A trick, gadget, device, or hoax used to draw attention or gain popularity.

Examples

  • butt_plug's gimmick is that he's really a butt plug that wants to get into the asses of all the fine-ass females on LJ.
  • Jameth's gimmick is that he's a fag from Seattle with a couple of cats and lollerskates about town being stalked by LJ users.
  • girlvinyl's gimmick is that she never posts on LJ, but runs the entirety of the good internet sites and is therefore very e-popular.
  • 10fags gimmick is that it posts riddles and mysteries to be solved.
  • Nintendo's Wii is a gimmick as it doesn't improve games; it instead introduces variable input lag and creates a gay experience.
  • Those Zimbabwe Inheritance spam e-mails you've gotten? Big-time gimmick.
  • Good person test A gimmick used by Christfags to get to talk to you about Jesus


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