Monday, October 22, 2012

Esprit d'escalier

Esprit d'escalier ("wit of the staircase") is the French term for the
devastating riposte that one should have given at dinner but comes up
with only on the way out at the bottom of the staircase.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-the-great-gaf
fe/2012/10/18/38ce0d18-1954-11e2-bd10-5ff056538b7c_story.html

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