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Old 01-16-2025, 06:55 PM   #833 (permalink)
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L'esprit de l'escalier - Wikipedia
An older English term that was sometimes used for this meaning is afterwit; it is used, for example, in James Joyce's Ulysses (Chapter 9).. The Yiddish trepverter ("staircase words") [4] and the German loan translation Treppenwitz express the same idea as l'esprit de l'escalier.However, in contemporary
yesorno -- needs context -- yesorno -- needs context -- yesorno -- needs context -- yesorno -- needs context

The score so far today: BONG (Blue Origin New Glen) to orbit, a second successful booster catch, but a lost (new prototype) Starship.

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If only my whit[sic] was this quick-
I don't see it, two edits at 2:00 and 2:21.

2nd edit: Respectfully, just think "I don't give a whit about wit."
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