pleasantry

kohteliaisuus A casual, courteous remark
A playful remark; a jest
2014, Daniel Taylor, England and Wayne Rooney see off Scotland in their own back yard (in The Guardian, 18 November 2014)http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/nov/18/scotland-england-international-friendly-match-report

Charlie Mulgrew could easily have been shown two yellow cards by a stricter referee and amid all the usual Anglo-Scottish pleasantries, the two sets of fans put an awful lot of effort into trying to drown out one another’s national anthems.