Oct 6, 2024
L'esprit de l'escalier, Marcel Mariën, 1949
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L'esprit de l'escalier, Marcel Mariën, 1949
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WORD OF THE DAY: esprit d'escalier
(e-SPREE des-kal-i-YE) noun, also esprit de l'escalier
is a French term used in English for the predicament of thinking of the perfect reply or witty remark too late. English speakers sometimes call this "escalator wit", or "staircase wit". Hindsight wit or afterwit is a synonym, with forewit as its antonym.Â
[From French esprit de l'escalier, from esprit (wit) + escalier (stairs).]
Origins: This name for the phenomenon comes from French encyclopedist and philosopher Denis Diderot's description of such a situation in his Paradoxe sur le comédien.
#thisishowwedoit #chickenwings #amccreatives #amcasia #spineywings lol! Great eats at #afterwit!
L'esprit de l'escalier or l'esprit d'escalier ("staircase wit") is a French term used in English that describes the predicament of thinking of the perfect retort too late.
English speakers sometimes call this "escalator wit". Afterwit can also be a synonym for this concept, with forewit as its antonym.
(wikipedia)
L'esprit de l'escalier (French)
The feeling one gets after leaving a conversation, when one thinks of the things one should have said.
Feeling of the day, all days.
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L'esprit de l'escalier - the predicament of thinking of the perfect comeback too late.
"There is no recalling what’s gone and past; so that afterwit comes too late, when the mischief is done." -L'Estrange