Stooge
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A stooge is a person who is under the control of another. Being called a stooge is an insult. Stooge can also sometimes be used to mean "idiot".
Stooges may refer to:
- Stooge (comedian), a member of a comedy double act who feeds lines to the other comedian
- Stooge, a shillShillA shill, plant or stooge is a person who helps a person or organization without disclosing that he or she has a close relationship with that person or organization...
, a confederate who acts as if s/he is one of the spectators, in a magic trick or a confidence trickConfidence trickA confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group by gaining their confidence. A confidence artist is an individual working alone or in concert with others who exploits characteristics of the human psyche such as dishonesty and honesty, vanity, compassion, credulity, irresponsibility,... - Stooge sortStooge sortStooge sort is a recursive sorting algorithm with a time complexity of ).The running time of the algorithm is thus extremely slow comparedto efficient sorting algorithms, such as Merge sort, and is even slower than Bubble sort, a canonical example of a fairly inefficient and simple sort.The...
, a recursive sorting algorithm
Stooges may refer to:
- Three StoogesThree StoogesThe Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act of the early to mid–20th century best known for their numerous short subject films. Their hallmark was physical farce and extreme slapstick. In films, the Stooges were commonly known by their first names: "Moe, Larry, and Curly" and "Moe,...
, a comedy group from the 1930s to the 1970s - The StoogesThe StoogesThe Stooges are an American rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan first active from 1967 to 1974, and later reformed in 2003...
, a late 1960s and early 1970s rock band