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picong
/ ˈ±èɪ°ìÉ’Å‹ /
noun
- any teasing or satirical banter, originally a verbal duel in song
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Origin of picong1
from Spanish ±è¾±³¦Ã³²Ô mocking, from picar to pierce; compare picador
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Rather like today’s verbal argy-bargies between rappers such as Drake and Pusha T, early 20th-century calypsonians also elevated barbed banter into a showbiz art called picong, and locals would gleefully look forward to calypsonians’ response to every scandal and row.
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