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Staircase wit.(the witty riposte one thinks of only when one has left the drawing-room and is already on the way downstairs)
L'esprit de l'escalier.

Denis Diderot (1713–84), from Paradoxe sur le Comédien (written 1773&endash;78, published 1830)






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Castellano

In Spain the term Castellano, rather than Español, refers to the Spanish language as opposed to Catalan, Basque, etc. The choice of word has political overtones: Castellano has separatist connotations and Español is considered centralist. In Latin America, Castellano is the usual term for Spanish.

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