Verboticism: Retortoise

'Nothing clever to say?'

DEFINITION: n. A clever remark, especially a "comeback line" to an insult, which does not come to mind until it is too late to be delivered; often leads to the gnashing of teeth. v. To think of something clever after it's too late.

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Retortoise

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: re-tor-tus

Sentence: Finally, at 2am , he thought of a retortoise

Etymology: retort, tortoise

Points: 911

Comments: Retortoise

petaj - 2007-04-03: 03:56:00
another excellent one. I expect you may get a few comments that are retortoises - but they won't be posted for a few days :-)

pinwheel - 2007-04-03: 03:58:00
Sublime

galwaywegian - 2007-04-03: 05:16:00
retortuous!

Alchemist - 2007-04-03: 05:41:00
dang! I must arise earlier!

imcvey - 2007-04-03: 05:48:00
fantasic

Jabberwocky - 2007-04-03: 08:45:00
hareraisingly funny

erasmus - 2007-04-03: 09:27:00
damn thats too good.

wordmeister - 2007-04-03: 10:04:00
I thought of that too, but not until 3:30am...