I have just invented a word.

A reader wrote in with a cute story, then signed off with: “I don’t have a

pithy closing remark…”

I replied that those pithy closing remarks don’t always come when they’re

needed. In my case, in fact, they generally come a fraction of a second

after I’ve hit the “send” button.

And this fraction is called (drum roll): a PITHISECOND.

Need more coffee.