WORD FOR THE DAY - badinage

[Louis Foxwell]

Word For The Day, April 17, 2015 — badinage

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

badinage

hear it pronounced

Noun, Verb

1. Noun - light, playful banter or raillery.
2. Verb - (used with object), badinaged, badinaging. to banter with or tease (someone) playfully.

Origin:1650-60; < French, equivalent to badin (er) to joke, trifle (verbal derivative of badin joker, banterer < Old Provençal: fool; bad (ar) to gape (< Vulgar Latin batāre; cf. bay2) + -in < Latin -īnus -ine1) + -age -age

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

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[Louis Foxwell]

Here is your word for the day. This one should be easy to apply but difficult to use in a poem. Get to work you poets. Eveyone else, "Have fun, do not take umbrage but be filled with badinage on this end of the week day."

[Louis Foxwell]

I am a bit tardy today but here is a word that should be a delight to play with. Play along and win your reward.

[left that other site]

“Your bandinage so airy,
Your manner arbitray
are out of place
when face-to-face
with an influential fairy”

This is from Iolanthe, a 19th century opera by Gilbert & Sullivan.

Unfortunately, there are far too many influential fairies these days!

Have a wonderful day, Louis! :-)

[afraidfortherepublic]

THe pundits at Fox News seem to view Hillary’s campaign with an inordinate amount of hilarity, levity, and badinage.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Good morning, Louis. I am working on my poem. In the meantime, I observe that Hillary was never good in youth. Why should we expect her to be anything but bad in age?

[Cowman]

Badinage: The dressing wrapped tightly around the head to keep it from exploding as a result of watching TV news broadcasts.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

With Chipotle and Scooby badinage
It’s a “Hillary’s just like us” barrage
But the Imperial Queen
Is rich, ruthless and mean
Don’t fall for the left-wing media mirage

[Louis Foxwell]

Beautifully done. I note a distinction in the spelling. I am with you, always thought the word is bandinage. Dict. has it without the "N."

Your musical acumen is on target. What better use of badinage than Gilbert and Sullivan. We need a music award:

[Louis Foxwell]

Absolutely right on.

[Louis Foxwell]

Here we go.

Your SPECIAL AWARD:

SPECIAL AWARD ist pl pig

[taterjay]

I don’t know if this is badinage or seriousness. Is Hillary like Leona Helmsley???

[Louis Foxwell]

You are truly a master.

We may need to retire the award, or grant it in your honor.

The Feathered Pen award

[Cowman]

How come everybody else gets a trophy and I get Arnold Ziffel?

[afraidfortherepublic]

Thank you very much, Louis, but I’m #2. #1 honor goes to left that other site.

[Louis Foxwell]

They are truly sisters beneath the smirk. An excellent comparison.

What better award than one reflective of the subject.

[left that other site]

I think the “n” might be my mistake.

But I was remembering the SOUND of the words, as i had memorized several of G & S operas back when i was a little girl.

“N” must be the unknown quantity here?

[afraidfortherepublic]

I think Leona Helmsley was nicer than Hillary. After all, Leona liked dogs.

[Louis Foxwell]

The Gilbert and Sullivan choice was excellent and brilliantly selected. It was, however, not original poetry. Appreciate your humility but I am certain left that other site agrees your poem is classic and most worthy of the Feathered Pen award.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Is Hillary like Leona Helmsley???

Hillary could play Leona in the Lifetime movie. And vice-versa (except Leona is slightly dead.)

[Louis Foxwell]

Replace the H with the letter N. What, precisely, does that portend?