chaffing — good-natured ridicule or teasing; raillery.
needling — a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
adj satiric
ironic — using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony: an ironic novel; an ironic remark.
double-edged — having two cutting edges, as a razor blade.
caustic — Caustic chemical substances are very powerful and can dissolve other substances.
