Banter and Funny

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Banter noun - Good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks.

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Funny and banter are semantically related in joke topic. In some cases you can use "Funny" instead a noun "Banter".

Nearby Words: bantered, bantering

Funny noun - Something said or done to cause laughter.

Usage example: let's can the funnies—we've got serious work to do here

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Banter and funny are semantically related in joke topic. Sometimes you can use "Banter" instead a noun "Funny".

Nearby Words: funning, funnily

Instrumental: Most tracks are instrumental with occasional stage banter or funny sounds and wailing.

Source: Music / Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Dean's banter with Bela about her father becomes a lot less funny when we learn later that she was probably sexually abused as a child.

Source: Funny Aneurysm Moment / Live-Action TV
That particular bit of banter suddenly stops being funny.

Source: Funny Aneurysm Moment / Video Games

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