Riposte (noun)
rip-ost
A quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism.
Early 18th century from French risposte (noun), risposter (verb), from Italian risposta ‘response’.
Example sentences
“she was back with a witty riposte before he had chance to catch his breath.”
Meraki (Μεράκι) (Greek) (noun) me-rah-kee To do something with soul, creativity, and love. When someone cooks with meraki, builds with meraki, writes with meraki, they’ve poured themselves into it. Derived…
