banter (v.)

"以幽默的笑话和玩笑攻击"，1670年代，起源不明； 斯威夫特说这是伦敦街头俚语。相关词汇： Bantered; bantering。名词"幽默的嘲笑"，来自1680年代。

The third refinement observable in the letter I send you, consists in the choice of certain words invented by some pretty fellows; such as banter, bamboozle, country put, and kidney, as it is there applied; some of which are now struggling for the vogue, and others are in possession of it. I have done my utmost for some years past to stop the progress of mobb and banter, but have been plainly borne down by numbers, and betrayed by those who promised to assist me. [Swift, "The Tatler," No. 230, 1710]

我给你寄的信中，第三个可观的改进在于选择了一些由一些 pretty fellows 发明的词语； 例如 banter 、bamboozle 、country put 和 kidney，正如它在那里所应用的那样； 其中一些现在正在争夺流行，而其他一些则已经占据了它的地位。过去几年里，我已经尽了最大的努力来阻止 mobb 和 banter 的发展，但明显被人数压倒，并被那些承诺帮助我的人出卖了。[斯威夫特，《塔特勒报》，第230号，1710年]