The word trík is a modern loanword in Greek, of uncertain date though probably not older than the beginning of this century. According to the definition in the Mega lexikon tēs hellēnikës glōssēs of D. Dēmētrakos (Vol. 9; Athens, 1951), this is a word of the spoken language which means ‘device, deceptive manner, artful strategem’; in short, it has some of the meanings of the English word trick. Since the last war, however, trík has been used in another sense which is fairly remote from the range of meanings just given and, as far as I know, has not yet been recorded in the dictionaries. It is employed colloquially to denote a small slip of paper bearing a printed slogan or short text suitable for distribution in the course of parades or political demonstrations. The question arises whether this word is identical with the trik just mentioned or is another word entirely.