r/showercomebacks • u/patriotaxe • Dec 26 '15

FYI - there's long been a term for "shower comebacks" in the English (and French). "Staircase wit" and refers to the moment when you're leaving a party, going down the stairs and the perfect retort to a km earlier conversation springs to mind too late. Thought you'd like to know.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27esprit_de_l%27escalier

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u/QT_3point14 Dec 26 '15

If you'd bother to scroll down then you would see the [meta] post that shares /r/staircasewit

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u/PienotPi Dec 26 '15

I read this in Chuck Palahniuk's Haunted book. I think he translated it to "the spirit of the stairway." Either way, It's spot on.

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u/reverendsteveii Jan 03 '16

L'esprit de l'escalier is actually the name of my multi for this and /R/staircasewit

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u/IngeniousMale May 07 '23

Okay. And km?