Word: banterings
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...moved to New York in the '90s, has an exceptional talent for creating compelling, nuanced urbanite characters. Each has a distinct, believable personality driven by vulnerabilities that inevitably reveal themselves over the course of the story. Between the moments of emotional nakedness you get to enjoy the easy banter of smart friends. It's like eavesdropping on the table next to yours at Balthazar...
...Eliot house suite, the roommates also share the midnight-2 a.m. timeslot Thursday nights, playing what Jim calls their “dilectic” contrast of emotional post-hardcore/noise (Jim) and pop/indie (Chris). The two switch off sets, changing it up with a peppering of almost-funny banter. They’re fun to listen to and even more fun to hang out with in the studio, as they run in circles “pulling” and “prepping” records, switching dials and doing something that resembles gentle headbanging...
...there is no stuffing it back in the closet, even Carson Kressley of Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is hardly Tom Ford when it comes to chic. But the show--which has been picked up by networks around the globe--works because Kressley's snappy banter is underscored with tolerance and generosity...
...share this intent. So, why do we study the humanities? The most useful application of what we learn will be to pepper our conversations. We’re certainly learning to become “very interesting people” who will never be short on intellectual banter...
...longtime friend from summer camp, now at Boston College, is a philosophy major and an experienced debater, and he loves to argue. Traditionally, our conversations last for a good five minutes, until the pleasant banter gives way to the introduction of a serious topic, be it politics, education, sex or money—but it’s usually politics. At this point my friend’s posture will straighten, his face will harden, and his voice will drop several pitches. As he begins to outline his points like essay paragraphs—the in-depth history...