boke
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A person in a comedy pair who acts foolishly to make the other laugh
- noun
- Jargon
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boke
- During the comedy show, the audience loved how the boke cleverly misinterpreted every punchline.
Examples
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In the manzai duo, the boke always makes silly faces to elicit laughter from the audience.
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We have Preston as a classic straight woman tsukkomi to the funny boke that is Deadpool.
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As the boke, he constantly delivered ridiculous one-liners that perfectly complemented his partner's serious demeanor.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Boke comes from the Japanese word boke meaning 'fool' or 'confused', and in manzai comedy the boke is the silly partner who says wrong or silly things so the straight partner can make the joke land.