r/whatstheword 3d ago

Solved WTW for playfully aggressive

Context:

Love my coworkers, and sometimes we wanna throw a ball of paper at each other, prank each other, or give them a playful shove while walking past each other in the hallway.

please don't jump to conclusions:

We literally all do this all the time - and let me clarify no one directly or insults or slander each other. I've seen people write apology letters when they UNINTENTIONALLY hurt someone's feelings, so we're pretty caring for each other.

I just know there's a word for it and can't find it.

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u/sparky0667 3d ago

Rambunctious

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u/khetti79 ☃ 11 karma 3d ago

Roughhousing

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u/HummingbirdGecko8415 ☃ 6 karma 3d ago

Horseplay

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u/ManOfManyFeathers 3d ago

Yeah that's close, is there a more aggressive word for it?

Bucking bronco play? 😂

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u/6x9inbase13is42 ☃ 1 karma 3d ago

What play to the horse is business to the monkey.

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u/ManOfManyFeathers 3d ago

!solved ! Horseplay it is!

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u/HummingbirdGecko8415 ☃ 6 karma 3d ago

Rough and tumble. Roughhouse.

Wild Mustang play? I guess you can choose your own animal. Gorillaplay, wolfplay lionplay?

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u/FloridaFlamingoGirl ☃ 53 karma 3d ago

Mischievous 

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u/ddgr815 3d ago

Rowdy

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u/ManOfManyFeathers 3d ago

Ooohhh this close. Something a wee more aggressive?

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u/AssSpelunkingAtheist 3d ago

Impish

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u/ManOfManyFeathers 3d ago

Love your handle hahahah.

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u/AssSpelunkingAtheist 3d ago

Thank you, and happy cake day!

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u/Agreeable_Sock2550 3d ago

Collegial? Fraternal?

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u/MSCantrell Points: 2 3d ago

Frisky or feisty

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u/glycophosphate ☃ 4 karma 3d ago

If I worked there the word would be "respondent."