Flippant and Kidding

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Flippant adjective - Making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred.

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Kidding and flippant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Kidding" instead an adjective "Flippant".

Nearby Words: flippancy, flippantly

Kidding adjective - Marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing.

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Flippant and kidding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flippant" instead an adjective "Kidding".

Nearby Word: kidded

After discussing the fact that Tamara's jokes aren't funny because she has to say "just kidding", whereas Dewey is so flippant than no-one realises when he's being serious, they decide that for the rest of the shift Dewey will always say what he means and Tamara won't.

Source: Knights and Knaves

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