pleasantry

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That which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor; cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable playfulness in conversation; a jocose or humorous remark; badinage.

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For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation. James Boswell

There can be no true pleasantry without discretion. Ecuadoran Proverb

they exchange pleasantries Source: Internet

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