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badinage
bad·i·nage [ bàdd'n  ]


noun 
Definition:
 
playful talk: the exchange of playful or joking remarks between people in conversation
[Mid-17th century. < French< badin "fool, joker" < assumed Vulgar Latin badare "yawn, gape"]
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