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[Noun] | "ba*di*nage" | \ ˌba-də-ˈnäzh \
1: playful repartee : banter
Origin: circa 1658 ;
Borrowed from French, going back to Middle French, "foolishness, stupidity," from badiner "to banter, jest, play the fool" (verbal derivative of badin "silly, foolish," as noun, "fool, simpleton," borrowed from Occitan, from badar "to have the mouth wide open, gape"—going back to Vulgar Latin *batāre, perhaps of imitative origin—+ -in, adjective suffix) + -age {see: |-age|-age};
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[Noun] | "badinage"
1: good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks;
* e.g., " ... the sophisticated badinage of the characters in plays by Oscar Wilde "
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[ "badinage" ]
1: The French word for banter.
* e.g., ... Il y avait beaucoup de badinage hier soir!
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[ "Badinage" ]
1: To joke or have banter. Normally used by pretentious mofos
* e.g., ... Sorry I shagged your bird mate it was just a bit of badinage
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