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badinage

 (n): frivolous banter
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4 months ago sionnach said:

Is persiflage ever not airy?

4 months ago yarb said:

Only unintentionally, I think. Poor writing by Ludlum there.

4 months ago rolig said:

Is badinage ever consequential?

4 months ago bilby said:

"The badinage was inconsequential, reduced to who knew whom and wasn't the weather glorious in St. Tropez, or the Bahamas, Hawaii, or Hong Kong?"
- Robert Ludlum, 'The Matarese Countdown'.

about 1 year ago Tolland said:

I love how this word sounds.

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