Word: Persiflage
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...persiflage
[pur-suh-flahzh, pair-]
noun
1. light, bantering talk or writing.
2. a frivolous or flippant style of treating a subject.
origin
First recorded in 1750–60; from French, derivative of persifler “to banter,” equivalent to per- prefix meaning “through, thoroughly, very” + siffler “to whistle, hiss.”
example
Maybe that shows that they’ve finally gotten wise to the PR persiflage of Big Pharma. Los Angeles Times 10/11/23
kitarella_imagines and is......persiflage
[pur-suh-flahzh, pair-]
noun
1. light, bantering talk or writing.
2. a frivolous or flippant style of treating a subject.
origin
First recorded in 1750–60; from French, derivative of persifler “to banter,” equivalent to per- prefix meaning “through, thoroughly, very” + siffler “to whistle, hiss.”
example
Maybe that shows that they’ve finally gotten wise to the PR persiflage of Big Pharma. Los Angeles Times 10/11/23