111 Comebacks You Wish You Would've Come Up With

We rounded up the wittiest comebacks that Twitter and Reddit had to offer — scroll for some absolutely blistering burns.

1. This response that probably took that person’s ego down a notch:

God damn I know that hurt from clevercomebacks

2. This difference in perspectives:

Other people’s kids is a surprisingly great form of birth control from clevercomebacks

3.This award-winning line:

4.This generational burn:

5. This response that's worth a million bucks:

Separate payments from clevercomebacks

6. This detail-oriented mic drop:

I love puns from clevercomebacks

7. This arithmetically accurate callout:

Careful what you say from clevercomebacks

8.This animated response:

9. This COVID-era comeback:

Whose line crew still delivering. from clevercomebacks

10. These subtle slights:

I don’t care if repost made me laugh from clevercomebacks

11. This reminder that we all have different standards:

Well now you do from clevercomebacks

12. This smooth burn:

I can't with these people from clevercomebacks

13. This textbook comeback:

A conversation about Latin from clevercomebacks

14. This distinction in demises:

Nice quick retort from clevercomebacks

15. This tweet that is all too relatable:

Yeah just wanna know from clevercomebacks

16. This very appropriate reference:

Does this belong here? from clevercomebacks

17. This math-forward myth buster:

Change my mind, but without science from clevercomebacks

18.This linguistic lash-out:

19. This mind-blowing discovery:

Sorry if it’s a repost. It’s new to me from clevercomebacks

20. This thread that got real, real fast:

That's a critical hit!! from clevercomebacks

21. This response that came full circle:

Weird motives from clevercomebacks

22. This comeback that points out there is no Pokémon Go Outside:

I choose YOU, Bunny!!!! from clevercomebacks

23.This mother of all burns:

24. This historically epic exchange:

Oof! British people be like... from clevercomebacks

25. This burn of biblical proportions:

Totally true from clevercomebacks

26. This response that is just hilarious:

Bold choice of posts! from clevercomebacks

27. This patriotic mix-up:

a true Liberian patriot ???? from facepalm

28. This colossal comeback:

On dinosaurs from facepalm

29. This bear-ly endurable burn:

Wait, are they not supposed to do that? from MurderedByWords

30.This simple *roast*:

31.This potentially market-changing remark:

32.This literal burn:

33.This exchange that antagonizes an animal:

34.This comment that brought the people together:

35.This deliciously clever response:

36.This decadent debate:

37.This (un)fortunate response:

38.This comeback, coming for your childhood:

39.This epic exchange:

40.This beautifully accented burn:

41.This thread that totally applies logic:

42.This relatable retort that is making you check your phone right now:

43.This response, in the name of defending animal mascots:

44.This crush-ing comeback:

45.This multilayered response:

46.This response that is just good math:

47.This comeback that is Sheer(an) genius:

48.This thread, with a scrumptious spellcheck:

49.This burn of many sizes:

50.This response by a user now taking personal requests:

51. This burn that keeps on burning:

Oof. That burn needs some love. from clevercomebacks

52. This electrifying burn:

Elon Musk has a son?? from clevercomebacks

53. This horrifyingly accurate comeback:

“How THIS Millennial Paid off His Student Loans By Playing Children’s Games.” from clevercomebacks

54. This response that is just a good life lesson:

If somebody is giving you a fake number… from clevercomebacks

55. This response, rich in good points:

Just blame the poor!! from clevercomebacks

56. This burn that probably ruffled someone's feathers:

Pretty good clapback from clevercomebacks

57. This comeback that speaks for a generation:

Let’s try again from clevercomebacks

58. This unequivocal burn that points out systemic inequality:

I mean, he's not wrong .. from clevercomebacks

59. This burn, baby, burn:

He makes a good point from clevercomebacks

60. This burn filled with internet-era irony:

Check yourself before you come for others from clevercomebacks

61.This *sick* burn:

62. This comeback that shows the importance of those magic words:

Who orders small coffee anyway? from clevercomebacks

63. This apocalyptically epic comeback:

It was social distancing haha from clevercomebacks

64. This remark with a religious exemption:

You’re not wrong… from clevercomebacks

65. This comeback that probably will cause him to wear masks again:

I'd expect no less at Dollar General. from MurderedByWords

66. This god-awful burn:

Some weirdo from my rural hometown on a post about abortion from quityourbullshit

67. This comeback that will make someone get their vision checked:

i see a sad pig too from clevercomebacks

68. This burn that cites history as its witness:

throwback from facepalm

69. This record-breaking response:

Someone get the Guinness Book of World Records on the phone. from facepalm

70. This comeback by a consent hero:

This comeback belongs in the hall of fame from MurderedByWords

71. This burn by a bookworm:

It's a new concept from facepalm

72. This subtle burn to a competitor — we definitely don't know which one:

Nando’s new sign after a Chick-fil-a opened next door. from clevercomebacks

73. This callout that should go *viral*:

Flameproofing? But my house isn't on fire! from clevercomebacks

74. This response that puts pets first:

"Markets unable to adapt to new generation of consumers" from clevercomebacks

75. This burn that doesn't require a calculator:

Simple math to hard from clevercomebacks

76. This good Christian comeback:

So, what did you do for Easter? from clevercomebacks

77. This response that got personal:

Calling brave volunteers idiots, the nerve from clevercomebacks

78. This spirited comeback:

New New testament from clevercomebacks

79. This eye-for-an-eye exchange:

Only in Santa Clarita from clevercomebacks

80.This response for the win:

81. This very well-earned burn:

I swear it was on from clevercomebacks

82. This response that rained on someone's parade:

I didn't know that untill now from clevercomebacks

83. This response is just so simple, yet brilliant:

He's got a point from clevercomebacks

84.This response that shouldn't need to be said:

85. This more-than-fair comeback:

Accessible parking, but only during office hours. from clevercomebacks

86. This hilarious response:

He took out 5 people with 1 word. from MurderedByWords

87. This Whitney quip:

True perfection has been achieved from clevercomebacks

88. This response that was just electric:

Kid has a bright and shocking future in front of him. from clevercomebacks

89. This burn that honestly kind of makes you hungry for Wendy's:

looks like they got them there from clevercomebacks

90. This unchivalrous comeback:

He's not wrong from clevercomebacks

91. This reaction that will make you want to brush up on some light reading:

God vs Humanity from MurderedByWords

92. This bookish burn:

The double oo education from clevercomebacks

93. This response that begs one to pardon her French:

Finnally a manager making a comeback. from clevercomebacks

94.This honest comeback:

95. This very-much-needed reply:

He did spell it wrong from clevercomebacks

96. This really rude retort:

damn?? from HolUp

97. This thread that puts everyone in their place:

Honesty is the best policy from clevercomebacks

98. This burn that is extremely relatable:

Tell her what she's won, Johnny! from MurderedByWords

99.This cringeworthy comeback:

100. This response with a strategy:

In this together from clevercomebacks

101.This thread with artistic flair:

102. This unmasked gem of a response:

On a thread about wearing masks from clevercomebacks

103. This burn that got appropriately personal:

Ooof and well asked for. from clevercomebacks

104. This burn that includes a Bunsen burner:

A Moron and a Microbiologist Comment on a COVID-19 Article... from clevercomebacks

105. This child-size comeback that packs a punch:

Children are savages from MurderedByWords

106.This response that points to a historic problem:

107. This comeback that makes you think:

Or, she's a really shitty driver. from ReallyAmerican

108. This burn that deserves a chef's kiss:

Dominance asserted from clevercomebacks

109.This delicious McComeback:

110. This brutal burn:

In a post about “man up” being an insult. from clevercomebacks

111.This comeback that proves mothers do know best:

This article contains content from Dave Stopera, Mike Spohr, Cates Holderness, Tessa Fahey, Daniella Emanuel, and Andy Golder. It was compiled by Kelly Rissman.