Word: jesting
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...We’re mainly interested in how well people fight,” he continues in jest. “That’s the merit we’re concerned about...Funny guys fight well. And funny ladies...
...conjured up details of Commencements past, explaining that at the first graduation exercises eight of the nine students graduated with some type of honors. In jest, Summers said research had found that the ninth student was forced to wear a scarlet B-minus, a reference to current controversy over honors inflation...
...Well, sure, Mill would say that,” when Leroy, unable to keep a straight face any longer, exploded into hysterics. “That quote is from Kant, you fool! Hahahaha!” he exulted. Leroy is already planning a more elaborate Heidegger/Wittgenstein/Durkheim jest for next April...
...secret that many blacks either avoid the word entirely or permit its use within their community as a synonym for "soul brother." They bristle when whites use it, even in jest. But, as Kennedy observes, these long-established rules are changing because record and TV companies have discovered that there's gold in racial slurs. Thanks to gangsta rap and the vulgar comic routines of a generation of Richard Pryor wannabes, the N word is blasted onto the airwaves with such mind-numbing frequency that even white people believe they have permission to mimic the way blacks...
...You’re not the boss,” one replies in jest. “This is more social than anything...