Banter
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The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry.Part banter, part affection. Tennyson.
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Supple term used to describe activities or chat that is playful, intelligent and original. Banter is something you either posses or lack, there is no middle ground. It is also something inherently English, stemming as it does from traditional hi-jinks and tomfoolery of British yesteryear.
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Conversation that is witty and at the same time abusive. Formerly an in word, but no longer cool due to it being used excessively by children.
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A word used to describe the teasing and pisstaking which occurs between mates, usually harmless.
However, the past couple of years the word has been hijacked by Justin Bieber lookalike student LAD twats who use it to describe anything humorous that occurs. These people are also known as chino wankers, annoying morons and people who need to use a dictionary now and again. -
Verbal sparring that's fundamentally friendly, especially needed to deflate the egos of gloating friends
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A term now applied to what was previously known as Conversation (if explicitly referred to at all) by a generation whose aspirations have been systematically lowered (due to endless hours of social networking and reality TV) to the point that events which occur naturally, everyday, everywhere are now praised and honoured as achievements.
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The magnificent art of using word play, opinions, exaggeration, irony, sarcasm, and other comedic themes to (playfully) humiliate, make fun of, and laugh at your friends. This word is most commonly used in Britain, but 'Banter' is used around the world.
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The new word for bullying
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Basically just anything funny. Anybody who uses banter can be allocated one of the following titles:
Archbishop of banterbury
Bantersaurus Rex
Banterlope
Banterclaus
Ed Millibanter
Or any others you can think of. -
The playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks.
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