Banter and Response

Banter

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

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Response and banter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Response" instead a noun "Banter".

Response noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.

Usage example: the real estate office's unhelpful response to my question about what houses in the area are renting for

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Banter and response are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Banter" instead a noun "Response".

Nearby Words: responsive, responsible, respond

good	good banter	good response
best	best banter	best response
calm	calm banter	calm response
normal	normal banter	normal response
Other adjectives: typical, usual, common, standard, sarcastic, inappropriate, bad, unique, casual, snarky.

In response to about a minute of mocking that didn't seem to go beyond banter, he defects to COBRA and kills them all save Duke, which he leaves alive just so he can wallow among his dead comrades.

Source: Disproportionate Retribution / Western Animation
Interestingly, the authors, who usually link to different tropes in their comments, couldn't find one for this scene, so Pre-Battle Banter was created in response.

Source: Webcomic / Darths & Droids
However, the one aversion is that the game offers no unique response for if you leave the broom closet and then reenter it before the Narrator finishes his initial banter about being relieved that the player actually had some common sense afterall.

Source: Developers Foresight / The Stanley Parable

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