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Myths in short: The Birth of Aphroditeygriffiny · 'Banter' was introduced into the modern lexicon by Jonathan Swift in Tatler (1710). It was apparently 17th century London street slang and he bemoaned 'words and phrases [like this] offensive to good sense' creeping into modern discourse.ygriffiny · Argo Miningygriffiny ·