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- n. alternative form of l'esprit de l'escalier.
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘esprit d'escalier’.
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soma's list
esprit d'escalier, triskelion, borborygmus, lalochezia, pareidolia, octothorpe, pandiculation, semihemidemisemiq..., phosphenes, lucent, seraphim, phantasmagoria and 8 more...
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It's All Just Words.
quixotic, penisaurus rex, plibt, pot, polaroid, gemütlichkeit, hey! pooper scoop..., nowhere, anywhere, somewhere, elsewhere, wherever and 80 more...
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Desultory Digressions
Also known as EsotericWench's Word Holding Tank. These are words that have caught my fancy but I have yet to file in the appropriate list. If I don't capture them here, I won't capture them at all.
desultory, abjure, immethodical, mentalist, subvertising, schmaltzy, fartlek, interstitial, ear-rent, brouhaha, crufty, malefactor and 34 more...
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Hard to Translate
Words which exceed the common problems one finds in translation.
radioustukacz, shlimazl, gezellig, saudade, selathirupavar, pochernuchka, klloshar, ilunga, filotimo, plenipotentiary, taarradhin, guanxi and 33 more...
chained_bear Other conversations on esprit de l'escalier and l'esprit de l'escalier. Mar 2, 2009
reesetee :-D Mar 2, 2009
chained_bear And I just about posted this comment: "it has a name?!" before I realized, "Hey, I bet this is on reesetee's "it has a name??" list. And lo...
Those French... they have a different word for everything. Dec 8, 2007
reesetee Haha! Dec 7, 2007
misterpolly I wish I'd posted this one! Dec 7, 2007
cydonian I just thought it was me. :-|
(You can be sure I'll come back to this comment in an hour or two, and edit it with a further witticism). Sep 24, 2007
jennarenn *Always* happens to me. May 15, 2007
sionnach also known as treppenwitz for the same reason. Or, depending on your reaction time, esprit de metro. Mar 1, 2007
reesetee Roughly, "wit of the staircase" in French. That feeling you have after you just missed a great chance to fling a witty comeback at someone. Mar 1, 2007