#banter

• Badinage — Light-hearted banter, playful wit, or a witty and harmless conversation. In literary theory and analysis, the term describes a writing style or tone characterized by elegant joviality, fine irony, and fluidity.
• Bantering — The act of jesting, bantering, or exchanging witty remarks with elegance and its result. This bookish and neologistic term describes the conscious process of mutual amusement through a sharp, refined dialogue entirely free of malicious intent.
• Bantered — Spoken, written, or treated in a jesting manner; approached in a witty, playful, and non-solemn way. The term describes an attitude or literary text constructed with a relaxed, jovial, and polite tone.