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(v)an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery. [ban-ter]
The boys where bantering at the young girls. |
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(adj) lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing, or frivolous. [fuh-see-shuhs]
The Presidents facetious remark about national debt proved not amusing to his cabinet. |
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| (adj) ostentatious in one's learning. [puh-dan-tik] Dru's pedantic attempt to outsmart the other students, made them extremely annoyed. |
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(n) an artistic composition, especially literary or dramatic, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock dignity. [ber-lesk]
In order to win over the audience, the young performer added burlesque commentary to his act. |
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| (n) offense; annoyance; displeasure. [uhm-brij] She took umbrage to his statement about the food she cooked for him. |
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