Definitions
Etymologies
- From after- + wit. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“After the accident, more than an afterwit official said to the media, “China has about 20,000 to 30,000 cases of various infectious diseases reported daily and more than 6 million reported cases annually.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘afterwit’.
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Clever Words
Cool words to work into a chat ...
luftmensch, karoshi, sunglade, moonwake, afterwit, grawlix, blinkenlights, blinkenlight, somewhen, twoth, coolth, overmorrow and 4 more...
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Predictionary
EXPECTED vs. SURPRISE
aberration, exception, spontaneous, synchronicity, startle, waylay, prophecy, zemblanity, inadvertent, atavism, sui generis, anomaly and 127 more...
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Atypical
dodrantal, ampersand, desiderative, cynosure, sybaritic, orthogonal, lacuna, lunge, forfend, celerity, hebetudinous, torpid and 55 more...
Tweets
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dontcry Uh, yeah, sure, "Oui" or whatever... May 11, 2008
vanishedone Otherwise known as l'esprit d'escalier. May 11, 2008
dontcry That witty comeback you thought of long after the conversation had ended. May 11, 2008
rolig "Knowledge gained too late to do any good" – i.e. when one has already behaved like an aftertwit. May 11, 2008
sionnach whichbe : Edit the comment, then save. After you do, a little delete link should appear. May 11, 2008
whichbe How do I delete a duplicate comment? (How fitting a question for this word.) May 11, 2008
whichbe Knowledge gained too late to do any good. Also see tintiddle. May 11, 2008