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   L'esprit De L'escalier or "what I should have said"

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   L’esprit de l’escalier or esprit d’escalier (stairway wit) is thinking of a clever comeback when it is too late. The phrase can be used to describe a riposte to an insult or any witty remark that comes to mind too late to be useful—when one is on the “staircase” leaving the scene of the encounter. The phenomenon is usually accompanied by a feeling of regret at not having thought of it when it was most needed or suitable. The French encyclopedist Denis Diderot originally described this situation in his Paradoxe sur le comédien. (via rednotebook)

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      this happens. Thankfully...have a word for it… as though I could even pronounce it.

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      frikkin time D: It’s even worse than my constant sense

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       I’m a sucker for words and phrases. Especially of the French variety. This one’s going in the mental lexicon.

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       Ironically, once again, it’s in French. Oh, darn. I should get back to work :\

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       HOLY CRAPPP THEY HAVE A WORD FOR THIS TOO!!! I think...saying should be changed into “If...

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       oh man! They have named, “what I should have said was,…”

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       Story of my life.

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