persiflage

来自法语persifler,打趣，逗笑，来自per-,整个的，siffler,发嘶嘶声，来自拉丁语sibilare,发嘶嘶声，拟声词，词源同sibilate.

persiflage (n.)

1757, from French persiflage, from persifler "to banter" (18c.), from Latin per- "through" (see per) + French siffler "to whistle, hiss," from collateral form of Latin sibilare "to hiss," possibly of imitative origin. Said to have been introduced in English by Chesterfield.

1. The persiflage is not appropriate when we are discussing such serious problems.

当我们在讨论如此严肃的问题的时候，这种戏谑的言辞是不恰当的。