staircase wit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The thinking of an idea or course of action too late to use it effectively, or the tendency to do so.

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staircase wit

Calque of French esprit de l'escalier.

afterwit l'esprit de l'escalier (neologism) retrotort

shower thought

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