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badinage

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Noun — Light, teasing talk between people; friendly banter.

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Etymology

Borrowed from French badinage, from the verb badiner (“jest, joke”), itself from badin (“playful”), which goes back to Occitan badar (“gape”). It is distantly related to abash.

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