Quick, witty, and clever back-and-forth conversation where people make funny or intelligent remarks in response to each other.
From French 'repartie' derived from 'repartir' meaning 'to reply quickly.' It literally means 'to depart again' or 'return fire' with words.
Oscar Wilde and other Victorian writers were famous for their repartee—people actually wrote down their witty conversations to publish them, treating clever talking like performance art!
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