"Busting my balls" / "ball busting" / etc. So the above phrases can be used in a couple ways. One is when someone is really being overly critical and giving you a hard time. The other is when a friend, for example, mocks/insults you in a funny, true, mildly insulting, but not hostile way. Stereotypically, this is something guy friends do with each other - it's definitely something I do. The insult is legit but there's no malice behind it. Personally, I only do this with people I respect: If someone I respect says something stupid I'll call them out on it, whereas if someone I think is an idiot says something stupid I'm more likely to say "ohh ok cool. gotta head out now." For this use of the phrase, what's the "PC" or more acceptable phrase to describe this? A way I might use the phrase is: "Oh yeah I know _____. He's great and funny. Keeps me and others on edge because he's great at busting our balls." But if I used that language among some of my coworkers, they would be very offended. So I'm wondering what's another way to express this idea and sentiment?
Banter or Chaff (Chaffing) banter 1 of 2 verb ban·ter ˈban-tər bantered; bantering; banters transitive verb 1 : to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner She laughed and bantered him a little, remembering too late that she should have been dignified and reserved. Kate Chopin 2 archaic : DELUDE 3 chiefly Southern US and Midland US : CHALLENGE intransitive verb : to speak or act playfully or wittily The two friends bantered with each other. banterer ˈban-tər-ər noun banteringly ˈban-tə-riŋ-lē adverb banter 2 of 2 noun : good-natured and usually witty and animated joking listening to their lively banter Did you know? Can banter be vicious? Banter refers to a form of jesting or to the act of exchanging joking repartee. Although the word once meant “ridicule,” and though it has a regional sense "a challenge or dare" (as in, "he performed a banter [or banner], jumping from the roof onto the snowbank"), in modern use it usually refers to a light-hearted form of wit. You would not be wrong to say that someone engages in “cruel banter,” if that is what is intended, but the word is far more often encountered in combination with modifiers such as witty, friendly, or lighthearted chaff 1 of 3 noun (1) ˈchaf 1 : the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain 2 : something comparatively worthless a few kernels of wisdom amid much discursive chaff Steven Raichlen 3 : the scales borne on the receptacle among the florets in the heads of many composite plants 4 : material (such as strips of foil or clusters of fine wires) ejected into the air for reflecting radar waves (as for confusing an enemy's radar detection) planes equipped with chaff dispensers chaffy ˈcha-fē adjective chaff 2 of 3 noun (2) : light jesting talk : BANTER chaff 3 of 3 verb chaffed; chaffing; chaffs transitive verb : to tease good-naturedly intransitive verb : JEST, BANTER
Oh yeah I know Mitch. He's great and funny. Keeps me and others on edge because he's great at taking the piss out of us.
maybe "Oh yeah I know _____. He's great and funny. We like to mess around and joke with each other a lot” curious why they would be very offended at that phrase tho…What type of demographic is this?
Spoiler White women Specifically, white women cringe resistance libs. The kind that fit the stereotypes made fun of by Chappelle, Burr, etc.
Peg now refers to a sex act though. OP, How about, "they really bust my sensitive organs!" Should work for even castrated people in transition because the spleen and kidneys are plenty sensitive.
stay strong my guy I wouldn’t even know what to say in response if someone got deeply offended to a well known phrase like this…it would catch me off guard lol
