The term “tricky” enriches literary language by conveying a range of nuanced meanings. It is often employed to characterize characters with a sly or deceitful nature—as seen when a narrator portrays a person as “tricky and cunning” ([1]) or when a lawyer is described in similarly untrusting terms ([2]). At times it describes situations that are perplexing or challenging, such as when a task is rendered unusually complex by shifting perspectives ([3]) or when intricate ideas present layers of difficulty ([4]). The word can also inject a note of humor or irony, highlighting the unpredictable nature of certain actions or dialogue ([5], [6]), while in other contexts it underscores an artful manipulation of circumstance or human behavior ([7], [8]). In all its uses, “tricky” plays on the tension between light-hearted mischief and more serious, calculated deception.