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badinage

Badinage (noun) means Playful raillery; banter.

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Playful raillery; banter.
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Etymology

Borrowed from French badinage, from the verb badiner (“jest, joke”) from badin (“playful”), from Occitan badar (“gape”). Distantly related to abash.

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"badinage" (noun) means playful raillery; banter.

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