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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Is there a word for it? #233374 03/18/2025 1:43 PM Joined: Mar 2025 Posts: 1 Suburban Philadelphia, PA Bill_L stranger Bill_L stranger Joined: Mar 2025 Posts: 1 Suburban Philadelphia, PA Coming up with a great idea 15 minutes after the need passes? Kind of like the "stairway retort". Bill Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is there a word for it? Bill_L #233375 03/19/2025 12:21 AM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 London, UK A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A C Bowden Pooh-Bah Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 London, UK Esprit de l'escalier. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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