Date:    Mon, 8 Jun 1998 12:49:03 -0700
<br>From:    "A. Vine" <avine[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ENG.SUN.COM>
<br>Subject: Re: big weekend
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<br>Grant Smith wrote:
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<br>> I would guess the analogy to be "one-up-manship," a popular phrase meaning
<br>> to gain the advantage over others, especially in wit.  There was a book
<br>> out, I forget the author, entitled, I believe, "The Art of Oneupmanship."
<br>> -Grant Smith
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<br>Or, as I've heard it, "oneupsmanship".  I think the derivation here is from the
<br>third person singular verb form; the parties being described are more likely to
<br>be in the third person.
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<br>Andrea
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