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Everyone wants to feel victorious as they walk away from an argument, and nothing’s better than coming up with *that* sick burn at the precise moment. Reddit has a few tried-and-tested ways of doing this which you will find scattered around this lexicon, usually in “quotation marks”. There are also many websites or even Pinterests dedicated to helping you in your quest, of which 100 Good Comebacks[1] is one of the better ones. There are also a few subreddits that might inspire you:
1: https://parade.com/1105374/marynliles/good-comebacks/
Of course, you could also just say “no u”[2] or if you’re feeling especially loquacious, “eat pant”[3]. Not forgetting, of course,“kthxbye"[4]; the very pinnacle of the development of the English language, shortening "All is correct. Thank you, and may God be with you." into seven lowercase letters.
2: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=no%20u
3: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bootleg-bart
4: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kthxbye
And because every day’s a school day[5], *L'esprit de l'escalier* or l'esprit d'escalier: “mind of the staircase”[6] is a French term used in English for the predicament of thinking of the perfect reply too late. Hence, r/staircasewit was for those moments of wit that left you wishing you had thought of them earlier. r/showercomebacks needs reviving too…
5: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=every%20day%27s%20a%20school%20day
6: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/l%27esprit_de_l%27escalier
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