quick at repartee
quick to give a clever answer
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die Schlagfertigkeit
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"We all admire those clever minds with the ability to produce witty repartee at a moment's notice. The Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations compiles a vast collection of such noted quotes."
(Barnes & Noble Book Review)
(Barnes & Noble Book Review)
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"Repartee"
Means "quick, clever answers", dates from about 1645 and is from the French "repartie".
This linguistic skill is very much admired by English speakers. Well-known personalities who are good at repartee are given almost godlike status in the US & UK.
George Bernard Shaw was very good at repartee; a beautiful but rather simple-minded woman once asked him how he'd feel about him fathering her child:
"Just imagine a child with your intelligence and my beauty" she said.
Shaw quickly replied "Yes, but imagine if it were the other way round!"
Means "quick, clever answers", dates from about 1645 and is from the French "repartie".
This linguistic skill is very much admired by English speakers. Well-known personalities who are good at repartee are given almost godlike status in the US & UK.
George Bernard Shaw was very good at repartee; a beautiful but rather simple-minded woman once asked him how he'd feel about him fathering her child:
"Just imagine a child with your intelligence and my beauty" she said.
Shaw quickly replied "Yes, but imagine if it were the other way round!"
