straight man

someone who sets up jokes or gags so that someone else can say the punch line. I need a straight man to set up all my jokes. I'm tired of being a straight man for a has-been comic.

straight man

n. someone who sets up jokes or gags so that someone else can say the punch line. I’m tired of being a straight man for a has-been comic.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Theudobald	-	Ancient Germanic
Emanuel	e-MAH-nuw-el (German)	Romanian, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Czech, Croatian
Gennadius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Prochorus	-	Biblical, Biblical Latin
Shanti	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
Jawdat	-	Arabic