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The German term is Treppenwitz, which is probably a loan-translation of the French term, which, pace both contributors, is l'esprit de l'escalier, coined by Diderot in that form.
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As for ‘Treppenwitz/Schlagfertigkeit’: The thought just arose.
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Hm, Stan, I wonder if ‘Treppenwitz’ is (still) the proper equivalent.
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Treppenwitz might not be the proper equivalent, Sean.
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Yet again Treppenwitz has written or borrowed the kind of story that warms hearts over...
RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS: Rental Cellos & Red Violins. MaksimSmelchak 2007
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Treppenwitz describes how we all feel special, but special people can make us feel special.
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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I only wish I had a better facility with words to properly frame the truly magnificent accomplishment of the Australian Light Horse at Beersheba in 1917, but while I don't, my friend Treppenwitz does.
HISTORY: Happy Halloween, Ozzie Light Horse! (31 October 2007) MaksimSmelchak 2007
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For Treppenwitz, awesome writing and poignant stories: David Bogner
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Stringer which Treppenwitz quoted in a great post about the subject: The key to the battle were the Gaza-Beersheba fortifications.
HISTORY: Happy Halloween, Ozzie Light Horse! (31 October 2007) MaksimSmelchak 2007
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I highly recommend the Treppenwitz story to this one:
RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS: Rental Cellos & Red Violins. MaksimSmelchak 2007
chelster commented on the word Treppenwitz
The German equivalent of the French (and now English) esprit de l'escalier (literally, "spirit of the staircase"). Discussed in Howard Rheingold's They Have a Word for It, where both terms are defined as a "clever remark that comes to mind when it is too late to utter it." Other coinages for this concept include retrotort and stairwit.
October 11, 2011
rolig commented on the word Treppenwitz
For more discussion, see l'esprit de l'escalier.
October 11, 2011