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stooging

NOUN
acting
Synonyms
STRONG
assuming characterization depiction dramatics dramatizing enacting enactment feigning hamming histrionics imitating imitation impersonation improvisation mime mimicry pantomime performance playing portrayal portraying posing posturing pretending pretense putting rendition seeming simulating stagecraft theatre theatricals
WEAK
play acting showing off

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Anything else is just "stooging," which is flyers' slang for pooping around.

From Time Magazine Archive

Georgia drifted into a period of stooging for most of the top funny men: Hope, Durante, Frank Morgan, Milton Berle, Danny Kaye.

From Time Magazine Archive