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!@#$%! · 03.10.2008, 10:32 AM

oh oh oh oh i realize nicfit

"one up" is an american idiom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-upmanship

One-upmanship is the systematic and conscious practice of making one's associates feel inferior and thereby gaining the status of being "one-up" on them.
The term originated as the title of a book by Stephen Potter, a follow-up to the Gamesmanship and Lifemanship titles in his series of tongue-in-cheek self-help books, and film and television derivatives, that teach various "ploys" to achieve this.
Viewed seriously, it is a phenomenon of group dynamics that can have significant effects in the management field: for instance, manifesting in office politics.
The term has been extended to a generic, often punning, extension upmanship used for any assertion of superiority: for instance, Photon upmanship, Native Upmanship, and so on.

[edit] Fictional characters with one-upmanship

Within comic strips, Topper from Dilbert and Clem from Rose is Rose are one-uppers.
In the 1980s Master Thespian (Jon Lovitz) battled wits with the great Baudelaire on Saturday Night Live in a running battle of cheesily theatrical one-upmanship.
Illusionists Robert Angier and Alfred Borden are in a competive one-upmanship in the film The Prestige.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Up

03.10.2008, 10:32 AM	#30
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,729	oh oh oh oh i realize nicfit "one up" is an american idiom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-upmanship One-upmanship is the systematic and conscious practice of making one's associates feel inferior and thereby gaining the status of being "one-up" on them. The term originated as the title of a book by Stephen Potter, a follow-up to the Gamesmanship and Lifemanship titles in his series of tongue-in-cheek self-help books, and film and television derivatives, that teach various "ploys" to achieve this. Viewed seriously, it is a phenomenon of group dynamics that can have significant effects in the management field: for instance, manifesting in office politics. The term has been extended to a generic, often punning, extension upmanship used for any assertion of superiority: for instance, Photon upmanship, Native Upmanship, and so on. [edit] Fictional characters with one-upmanship Within comic strips, Topper from Dilbert and Clem from Rose is Rose are one-uppers. In the 1980s Master Thespian (Jon Lovitz) battled wits with the great Baudelaire on Saturday Night Live in a running battle of cheesily theatrical one-upmanship. Illusionists Robert Angier and Alfred Borden are in a competive one-upmanship in the film The Prestige. This psychology-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. --- but see also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Up
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