Verboticism: Retortoise
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.
Retortoise
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: re-tor-tus
Sentence: Finally, at 2am , he thought of a retortoise
Etymology: retort, tortoise
Points: 908
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...