touché

[too-shey]

tou·ché

[too-shey]
interjection
1.
Fencing. (an expression used to indicate a hit or touch.)
2.
(an expression used for acknowledging a telling remark or rejoinder.)

Origin:
1920–25; < French: literally, touched
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Touché is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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touché (tuːˈʃeɪ)
 
interj
1.  an acknowledgment that a scoring hit has been made in a fencing competition
2.  an acknowledgment of the striking home of a remark or the capping of a witticism
 
[from French, literally: touched]

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