Regretticism: That perfect, clever, zingy comeback one thinks of too long after the moment for it has passed, as in "Dang!! Why can I always come up with the best regretticisms for his nasty comments ten minutes after he leaves?"
Related to l'esprit de l'escalier (French) and Treppenwitz (German).
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