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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: A one-ups-man? jenifer #180528 11/25/2008 1:05 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania Originally Posted By: jenifer I am looking for a somewhat elegant word for a person who always (and I mean ALWAYS) has to make a pun based on your pun thus somehow improving yours. They try and "top" you but not in an aggressive way, it just comes naturally. You mean like Abbott and Costello or the Marx brothers in those old movies? The nearest I can think of is oneupmanship Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted A one-ups-man? jenifer 10/23/2008 1:38 PM Re: A one-ups-man? Ben Mines 10/23/2008 2:45 PM Re: A one-ups-man? dalehileman 11/24/2008 4:27 PM Re: A one-ups-man? TheFallibleFiend 11/24/2008 6:47 PM Re: A one-ups-man? tsuwm 11/24/2008 6:55 PM Re: A one-ups-man? The Pook 11/25/2008 1:05 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,310 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,158 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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