persiflage
noun/ˈpɜːsɪflɑːʒ/
/ˈpɜːrsɪflɑːʒ/
[uncountable] (formal)- comments and jokes in which people laugh at each other in a fairly unkind but not serious wayWord Originmid 18th cent.: from French persifler ‘to banter’, based on siffler ‘to whistle’.
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