Persiflage

Noun

 * 1) Good-natured banter; raillery.
 * After the third strike he returned to the bench to face the inevitable persiflage from his teammates.
 * 1) Frivolous, lighthearted discussion of a topic.
 * Polite dinner calls for persiflage rather than in-depth possibly offensive discussion.

Synonyms

 * banter, raillery

Adjectives for Persiflage
insolent; witty; swift; bantering.

Thesaurus
aphorism, apothegm, backchat, badinage, banter, bon mot, boutade, bright idea, bright thought, brilliant idea, chaff, conceit, crack, cross, epigram, exchange, facetiae, flash of wit, flight of wit, fooling, fooling around, gibe, give-and-take, good-natured banter, happy thought, harmless teasing, jape, jest, jive, joke, josh, kidding, kidding around, mot, nasty crack, play of wit, pleasantry, quip, quips and cranks, raillery, rallying, repartee, retort, ridicule, riposte, sally, scintillation, smart crack, smart saying, snappy comeback, sport, stroke of wit, turn of thought, twit, wisecrack, witticism

Etymology
From, from persifler: < per- + siffler: < sibilo:

Translations

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Noun

 * 1) Ridicule or malicious mockery made under the guise of good-natured raillery.

Etymology
From persifler: + -age:

Alternative forms

 * persifflage