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    badinage - Dictionary definition and meaning for word badinage

    Definition
    (noun) frivolous banter
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for badinage

"tease ur friend in a friendly and humorous way" that he looks "bad + in + age"(older) due to his bald head

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Bad-in-age. Youth is the age we may get involved in doing bad things. One of those bad things is teasing someone (frivolous banter) during conversation or pulling someone’s leg.

sounds like BADI(big in hindi)and NAAK (nose)..so teasing some one bout their big nose

split it like this badi+age..so badi(old) age ki ladies often do teasing conversations.

badinage - - bad+image people with bad image are known for teasing someone

sounds like bandage........in order to tease my friends i had applied bandage to my leg.....when they asked me what had happened i removed it and started laughing

badinage=bad+in+age. If you are bad in age. i.e if you are too old or too young, you lack seriousness and indulge mostly in careless chatter

bad i nage...= in hindi bad + naach...but shes ur friend so ..... tell her the naach was good in humorous way ,,to tease in a light hearted way...:)

Humorous people donot have a very serious image i.e they have bad image. So BADINAGE corresponds to bad image i.e humorous, ridicule etc

Think of badinage the way it's pronounced..badinage = "BADDIE" + "NAASH"...sab bad logon ka naash ho gaya..all baddies destroyed..so everybody is having a light hearted, playful conversation..badinage = light hearted conversation!

badinage sounds like bad+image i.e bad image comes because of teasing others.

bad image of the bad man(gulshan grover) cos of his badinage.

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