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persiflage

[pur-suh-flahzh, pair-] / ˈpɜr səˌflɑʒ, ˈpɛər- /
NOUN
teasing
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Maybe that shows that they’ve finally gotten wise to the PR persiflage of Big Pharma.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 11, 2023

The voice of the show is familiar, from barbershop persiflage, stoop-sitting smack talk, and barstool bullshitting.

From The New Yorker Feb. 22, 2019

Follow this with a little badinage and dollop of persiflage.

From Slate Mar. 25, 2015

As a columnist for the Boston Phoenix and Boston Herald, he covered all sports, displaying an uncanny ability to cut through the persiflage and get to the core of a story or a personality.

From The Guardian Jul. 29, 2011

What had she, in her self-abasement and earnest reachings after a nobler life than he had ever thought of, or aspired to, to do with his masquerading tricks and persiflage?

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion




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