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    [Noun]  | "per*si*flage" | \ ˈpər-si-ˌfläzh \


    1: frivolous bantering talk : light raillery

    Origin: 1757 ;

     French, from persifler to banter, from per- thoroughly + siffler to whistle, hiss, boo, ultimately from Latin sibilare;

    [Noun]  | "persiflage" 


    1: good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks;


      * e.g., " ... their tongue-in-cheek persiflage is sometimes mistaken for an exchange of insults by people who don't know them "



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     [ "Persiflage" ]

    1: (1). Bad or laughable fiction

      * e.g.,  ... "You made a total Persiflage of that story" 

     [ "Persiflage" ]

    2: () Talentless hack, writer of bad fiction.

      * e.g.,  ... "I'm sorry we can't publish your work, it's a total Persiflage" 

     [ "Persiflage" ]

    3: Can also refer to self delusion in regard to said fiction.

      * e.g.,  ... Have you read his/her story. I can't tell him/her how bad it is he's a total Persiflage 

     [ "Persiflage" ]

    4: Can also be refered to as Sass

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