pleasantry

[plez-uhn-tree]

pleas·ant·ry

[plez-uhn-tree]
noun, plural pleas·ant·ries.
1.
good-humored teasing; banter.
2.
a humorous or jesting remark.
3.
a courteous social remark used to initiate or facilitate a conversation: to exchange pleasantries.
4.
a humorous action.

Origin:
1645–55; < French plaisanterie, Old French plesanterie. See pleasant, -ry
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Pleasantry is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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pleasantry (ˈplɛzəntrɪ)
 
n , pl -ries
1.  (often plural) an agreeable or amusing remark, often one made in order to be polite: they exchanged pleasantries
2.  an agreeably humorous manner or style
3.  rare enjoyment; pleasantness: a pleasantry of life
 
[C17: from French plaisanterie, from plaisantpleasant]

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