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
Amatus	-	Late Roman
Ashok	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali
Glory	GLAWR-ee	English (Rare)
Poncio	PON-thyo (Spanish), PON-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Hampus	HAHM-pus	Swedish
Jameson	['dʒeimsn]