Parlor Trick 

A practiced skill with very limited purpose or functionality. Used primarily to impress people, but usually only once.

That squirting-milk-out-your-eye thing he does is just a cheap parlor trick.

Parlor Trick by HeroSpirit August 23, 2017

parlor trick 

cheap magician trick

that guy dave from M.L.King High is now doing parlor tricks on the corner of lexington and fifth. what a chump.

parlor trick by amol May 1, 2004

Parlor trick 

Parlor trick (par-lour tr-ick)

The act of blowing meth filled clouds on one's penis. Typically used in a parTy setting/environment. (Verb)

I.e. ”Chris did a parlor trick on Ryan's fat cock"

Parlor trick by Trojan Prince February 14, 2020

parlor trick 

What da spider famously tried to play on da fly through verbal enticement --- i.e., inviting in said buzzy being with promises of fine and homey accommodations.

Even modern-day folks could take a lesson from Mary Howitt's early-1800's kiddie-poem --- there are always gonna be plenty of deceitful shysters around who will try all number of "parlor tricks" on you in an attempt to lure you into their "webs of deception", such as financial scams, empty promises of romance, false/exaggerated claims or destitution, etc.

parlor trick by QuacksO July 11, 2023

parler trick

The act of making Nazis disappear from conventional social media, such as Facebook and Twitter.

After the November 2020 election, there was a mass exodus of right wingers from traditional social media in what appears to be the greatest Parler trick ever.

parler trick by Cashman73 November 9, 2020