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What (who) is BADINAGE - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Badinage (disambiguation)
Badinage
·noun Playful raillery; banter.
badinage
Badinage is humorous or light-hearted conversation that often involves teasing someone. (LITERARY)
...light-hearted badinage.
= banter
N-UNCOUNT
badinage
['bad?n?:?]
¦ noun witty conversation.
Origin
C17: from Fr., from badiner 'to joke'.
Wikipedia
Badinage
Badinage may refer to:
- Banter
- Good-natured repartee
- Badinerie or scherzo (in classical music)
Examples of use of BADINAGE
1. They eschewed over–serious talk for generous badinage.
2. This was no way to start an evening of tinkling crystal, witty badinage and subtle networking.
3. Mind you, they don‘t have people emailing in, so for witty badinage the guy is reduced to one–way banter with the Five Live commentators.
4. Mind you, they dont have people emailing in, so for witty badinage the guy is reduced to one-way banter with the Five Live commentators.
5. So far, judging by the Uruguay match, the BBC seems reluctant to innovate, which is a shame for those of us wearying of Gary Lineker‘s laddish badinage.