Word: banteringly
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...large family, you develop an extra set of senses that help you both stand out from and connect to your kin. This, at least, is the conceit. But the underlying mantra of the book and the radio show is the same: talk is good. Even seemingly insignificant banter, such as the discussion about the aforementioned gravy boat, is really a way of coping with big life changes, such as Julie's move to Bangkok. "Everyone uses conversation with people to help them make big decisions," says Liz, a former marketing honcho at Nike, who came up with the idea...
...Khademudin called up the Taliban frequency on his radio, then various members of his squad amused themselves by listening to their conversation, or swapping insults. There was no sign of Taliban disarray. They sounded confident and aggressive. Some of their obscene banter, untranslated by the coy Asadullah ( I beat some of it out of him later) caused bursts of delighted laughter. Finally Khademudin went back on the air for a more dignified and wordy exchange of insults. Again this was largely untranslated, though the Taliban commander, a local, did ask Khademudin why he was a servant of the Americans...
...program kicks off with the world premiere of Rick Winterson’s Two Ex-Smokers. Like the other two plays of the evening, it features only two characters—in this case, nameless ex-smokers played by John Pattavina and Georgia Rushing. As the two banter about the pros and cons of quitting smoking, Rushing’s ex-smoker periodically delivers monologues revealing that quitting may be neither as easy nor as rewarding as the two ex-smokers outwardly claim...
...girls—except that they’re not. Lifelong friends, the 20-somethings have been writing music and performing since they were six, graduating in 1997 from Princeton (Hubbard) and Haverford (Rockwell). Their stood-the-test-of-time friendship was apparent in their on-stage banter during the Passim show...
Prefect Carla M. Mastraccio ’03 described the banter bluntly: “A lot of naked people in cakes, a lot of comments about chocolate syrup...