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“persiflages”
1. A light or teasing good-natured talk or writing: When the basketball star failed to make the winning basket, he had to endure the persiflages from his coach and teammates.
2. A joking relationship or frivolity in the treatment of something: After the election, the politician went to a reception where there was one persiflage or teasing remark after another instead of criticisms of losing the necessary votes to win.
3. Etymology: from Latin per- "through out, utterly" + sifilare, variant of sibilare "to hiss".
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2. A joking relationship or frivolity in the treatment of something: After the election, the politician went to a reception where there was one persiflage or teasing remark after another instead of criticisms of losing the necessary votes to win.
3. Etymology: from Latin per- "through out, utterly" + sifilare, variant of sibilare "to hiss".