"...institutionalized form of social interaction between two persons or groups in which one is permitted—or even required—to make fun of or tease the other, who, usually, is not permitted to take offense. The joking may be mutual (symmetrical) or formalized in such a way that one person does the teasing and the other does not retaliate (asymmetrical). (...)"
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Date: 2007-01-02 03:49 pm (UTC)This is from the online version of the Encyclopædia Britannica