badinage

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Definition:

playful repartee : banter

Example:

I enjoy working with Mondo, but sometimes his attempts to distract from the subject with badinage is more annoying than funny.

Personal Commentary:

So this is one of those words you’ve probably heard or read, especially in fantasy and science-fantasy pieces. I didn’t know how it was spelled until now to be honest (possibly because of its french origin). I even had to use google’s text to voice software to recongnize it. Once I did though it clicked, I even remembered a scene in an episode of Babylon 5.