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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread The right thing to say... #5284 08/16/2000 5:10 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 4 Southeast Texas reeses stranger reeses stranger Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 4 Southeast Texas Many years ago a college professor of mine told us the word that describes "knowing the right thing to say after the right time to say it has passed." I remembered it for about 5 seconds and then, whoooosh!, out of the brain it went. Does ANYONE know what that word might be???? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted The right thing to say... reeses 08/16/2000 5:10 PM Re: The right thing to say... johnjohn 08/17/2000 10:13 AM Re: The right thing to say... tsuwm 08/17/2000 2:43 PM Re: The right thing to say... william 08/17/2000 3:04 PM Re: The right thing to say... johnjohn 08/18/2000 1:20 PM Re: The right thing to say... johnjohn 08/18/2000 1:23 PM Re: The right thing to say... johnjohn 08/18/2000 1:27 PM Re: The right thing to say... johnjohn 08/18/2000 1:30 PM Re: The right thing to say... Jackie 08/18/2000 10:00 PM Re: The right thing to say... reeses 08/18/2000 3:32 PM Re: The right thing to say... tsuwm 08/18/2000 3:37 PM Re: The right thing to say... TEd Remington 08/18/2000 4:24 PM Re: The right thing to say... Jazzoctopus 08/18/2000 7:36 PM Re: The right thing to say... Jackie 08/17/2000 7:12 PM Re: The right thing to say... reeses 08/18/2000 10:15 PM Re: The right thing to say... Jackie 08/19/2000 12:10 PM Re: The right thing to say... Bingley 08/21/2000 4:17 AM Re: The right thing to say... tsuwm 08/21/2000 1:48 PM Re: The right thing to say... TEd Remington 08/21/2000 4:40 PM Re: The right thing to say... Jackie 08/22/2000 9:54 AM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,369 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 12 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,200 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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