"Banter"

[Nibble]

Banter is okay if it's genuinely funny. When thick people say something personal and when they get told to f*** off or get the same back protest banter. I rarely call it banter though, that reminds me of homosexual rugby players downing pints of their friends piss with their foreskin pulled over their head an dateraping women. Anyone using the word Bantz gets a slap.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Banter is part of British humour, hopefully it's not the next thing on the hit list of the "lets get offended by everything" brigade.

If you haven't got anyone that you're comfortable doing a bit of banter with then you probably haven't got any real friends, and you need to lighten up from your serious, bitter and stressful life before it sends you to an early grave. Sorry to break this to you all.

I cringed every time it word popped up there.

 

[Triggaaar]

House buyer: You've really worked out your banter, haven't you?
Blackadder: No, not really. This is a different thing. It's spontaneous and it's called `wit'.

 

[Nibble]

House buyer: You've really worked out your banter, haven't you?
Blackadder: No, not really. This is a different thing. It's spontaneous and it's called `wit'.

Sums it up perfectly.

 

[Billy the Fish]

Banter is okay if it's genuinely funny. When thick people say something personal and when they get told to f*** off or get the same back protest banter. I rarely call it banter though, that reminds me of homosexual rugby players downing pints of their friends piss with their foreskin pulled over their head an dateraping women. Anyone using the word Bantz gets a slap.

Agree. ^^

I actually don't think I've ever used the word in a conversation. If I'm taking the piss then it's because we're all ok with it and I'm getting some back, otherwise it's just bullying.

This thread should really be called MISUSE of the word banter.

 

[MattBackHome]

"doing a bit of banter with"

 

[Triggaaar]

Sums it up perfectly.

Nibble

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

"doing a bit of banter with"

Yeah. That hurt me.

 

[Nibble]

Nibble

Que?

 

[Mellotron]

I reckon MELT is ok as I use it in an ironic way, as it was common during my schooldays and seemed to dissappear for 15 years.

BANTER is terrible. BANTZ is bearable because people can't be using it at straight value, though maybe I'm giving them too much credit.

The worst usage to me, is of the form: "Oh he seems like a top bloke. Great banter"

BLEURGH.

Plenty on here who use "melt" completely unironically.

 

[Nibble]

What does melt actually mean?

 

[Billy the Fish]

"doing a bit of banter with"

Yeah. That hurt me.

Do one, and take your condecending bullshit with you.

 

[Monkey Man]

Piss-taking, arseing about, joshing, being silly and debating are all fine with me.

Just don't call it "banter", as that seems to be a word reserved for only the very dullest exchanges. And, as others have said, if you have to declare "great banter!" it generally means it was probably a spectacularly boring conversation.

 

[Acker79]

Slang. You not seen it on here?

"Wind yer neck in you complete melt".

Not enough to take notice of it, but I tend to glaze over and skim past posts with that sort of language.

 

[Triggaaar]

Que?

So your user name isn't a quote from when Blackadder pretended to be mad. That is disappointing.

 

[severnside gull]

as a synonym for abuse it is what it is

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as a synonym for abuse it is what it is

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as a synonym for abuse it is what it is

 

[Nibble]

Banter just brings to mind someone turning up to meet his mates at Wetherspoons on West St dressed in a white shirt from Next and too much hair care product and upon his arrival equally moronic mates yell "Seeeeeaaannnyyy Youuuuuuuuuuu WaaaaankA" "Yeeeahy, shagged yer Mum last night" "WaaaankAAA" while sloshing ghastly cheap lager down themselves. Vile.

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So your user name isn't a quote from when Blackadder pretended to be mad. That is disappointing.

No 'fraid not, Wasn't that Wibble?

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Do one, and take your condecending bullshit with you.

Good bantz there.

 

[Gazwag]

For an away visitor to the Amex the definition of Banter is homophobia

 

[Triggaaar]

No 'fraid not, Wasn't that Wibble?

I am ashamed