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...and then a few hours later figured out what would have been a perfect comeback, with lots of long words that the other person isn't likely to know?

Or am I just the only one?

Two weeks ago, I called my friend's boyfriend a "filthy skag-end" - which, by the way, he is - for reasons that I won't go into here. Anyhow, it somehow got back to him that I had said this.
Anyway, so, that day after school, he walked past me, very rudely stuck his finger in my face and said
"I am not a scrag-end" [sic]
and walked off.
A few hours later, I figured out the most amazing comeback, but never had the opportunity to use it. I have to say I was quite annoyed. That happened to you?

That happened to you?

Yes, especially when I think of one, but just a bit too late. Then I have to decide if enough time has gone by and has invalidated whatever comeback I had or if insufficient time has passed and the comeback is legit.

I hate it when that happens. I was planning on him confronting me the next day, so that I could use my amazing comeback, but he didn't. I'm not quite sure I'm over it yet.

...and then a few hours later figured out what would have been a perfect comeback, with lots of long words that the other person isn't likely to know?

Or am I just the only one?

Most of my confrontations consist of me swearing alot in their faces (in which I feel really bad afterwards), or talking in tongues (which I'm plum confused afterwards).

This always happens to me. I'll usually say something really stupid like "Well.. Your.. Umm.. (insert silly insult here)". And then, as you said, a few hours or even minutes later it'll come to me. Sucks really.

This happens to me almost everytime. I usually have decent comebacks but I always thing of the really good ones AFTER it over. Then I get even more pissed.

All the time, I lie in bed and come up with hundreds.

...and then a few hours later figured out what would have been a perfect comeback, with lots of long words that the other person isn't likely to know?

Or am I just the only one?
yeah, a lot of snappy comebacks come after the fight

so then I purposely start the same fight with other people, lead it in the same direction, and use the exceleltn arguments/comebacks/insults

...and then a few hours later figured out what would have been a perfect comeback, with lots of long words that the other person isn't likely to know?

Or am I just the only one?

The french have a phrase for this - l'esprit d'escalier - (the spirit of the stairway, as the perfect comeback only comes to you after you have stormed out of the apartment and are on the staircase).