You know the feeling. You get into an argument with someone, the two of you are going at each other back and forth, and they get you so riled up that you suddenly can’t think of a good comeback until long after the fight is over.
There’s actually a French term for this called l’esprit de l’escalier. It describes the feeling you get when you come up with the perfect reply after the fact.
We’ve all been there. It’s devastating.
So let’s take a moment and pay our respects to and celebrate the really good comebacks—the ultimate expressions of wit and cleverness. Taken from the appropriately titled subreddit r/MurderedByWords, here are some of the best ways people have ended their disagreements.
#1 A Very Important Point
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#2 Deutscher Patriotismus vs. American Patriotism
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#3 “Educate Your Self”
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#4 That’s A Stupid Reason To Ban Transgender People
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#5 Anti Vaxxer Pretends To Be Educated
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#6 Just Try Not Being Straight For Awhile
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#7 The Best Putdowns Come From The Truth
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#8 This Comeback Belongs In The Hall Of Fame
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#9 In The Interests Of Public Safety
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#10 I’d Expect No Less At Dollar General
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#11 Bye Bye Trash!!
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#12 Waddaya Say, Then?
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#13 Honestly, You’re Not Important Enough To Be Microchipped
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#14 “I Don’t Understand Marches”
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#15 Your Bigotry Is Showing
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#16 America, F**k Yeah!
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#17 Babies Are Not A Plaything
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#18 Girls Have Ankles Too
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#19 Tomi Lahren
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#20 $10 To Clean The Bathroom?!
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#21 Let’s Blame Children’s Knees For Making Men Uncomfortable
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#22 God Is A White Man
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#23 America Was Not Started By Protestors!
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#24 Who Knows What They Put In “Food” Anyway?
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#25 So Cold It Burns
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#26 Jeepers Creepers
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#27 There’s No Vaccination For That
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#28 I’ll Bet They Do, At Least The Senior Ncos
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#29 Gas Pump (Doesn’t) Go Brrrrr
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#30 Something About Bootstraps
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#31 Not Sure You Are Doing It Right
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#32 Exercise By Jumping Into Conclusion
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#33 “We Follow Biblical Rules”
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#34 And This Is The Truth
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#35 That’ll Show Them!
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#36 No Second Chances For Her!
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#37 Can’t Say Much, Can We?
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#38 Why Even Publish This Story?
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#39 Nice Try
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#40 Complete Slam Dunk From This Dude
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