Oh interesting. I was about to say that's not what banter means, because in my mind I always thought it's just a casual fun back and forth conversation not necessarily skirting that boundary of teasing. But then I checked the definition and teasing is a part of it. Every day you learn something new.
I think of banter as saying something offensive but not really meaning it so the humor is in being "playfully offensive" or "offensive when you don't really mean to be offensive"
Oh interesting. I was about to say that's not what banter means, because in my mind I always thought it's just a casual fun back and forth conversation not necessarily skirting that boundary of teasing. But then I checked the definition and teasing is a part of it. Every day you learn something new.
I think of banter as saying something offensive but not really meaning it so the humor is in being "playfully offensive" or "offensive when you don't really mean to be offensive"