How to pronounce “straight man”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (idiomatic) A member (of any gender) of a team of comic performers who plays a supporting role by helping to set up jokes and punch lines through engaging in dialog with another comedian playing a more eccentric or otherwise more interesting character; a foil who plays such a role in theatrical comedy.
• Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see straight,‎ man; for example, a heterosexual man.

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