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straight man
noun
- an entertainer who plays the part of a foil for a comic partner.
straight man
noun
- a subsidiary actor who acts as stooge to a comedian
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of straight man1
Example Sentences
“Yeah, but that doesn’t make sense in this case,†Meyers said, playing the straight man.
I personally hate it, but for a straight man, this suit is perfect.
Musk gushes about Trump shamelessly, telling Fox News, "I love the president" and even tweeting, "I love @realDonaldTrump as much as a straight man can love another man."
Mir, a high-strung anxious perfectionist, was written as more of the audience stand-in, the straight man.
In that way, Jost functions as something that might’ve been equally powerful for "SNL"’s mainstream American audiences to witness: namely, a straight man embracing queerness, enjoying its sensibilities, and approaching it without fear.
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