4.06.2005

A word for everything

Friday's word of the day from AWAD:



esprit d'escalier (e-SPREE des-kal-i-YE) noun, also esprit de l'escalier

Thinking of a witty remark too late; hindsight wit or afterwit.
Also such a remark.

[From French esprit de l'escalier, from esprit (wit) + escalier (stairs).]



How many times has this happened to me? No telling, but at least now I have a way to describe it.

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2 comments:

Bourgeois Dave said...

That's funny I posted the same thing on my blog. I love AWAD.

Pierce said...

Hey, thanks for dropping by!