Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-squaremessage-square186fedilinkarrow-up1247arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1244arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square186fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDoxatek@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·8 hours agoDefenestration. Throwing someone out of a window. Example the defenestration of prague
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 minutes agoI like to make the joke whenever someone mentions a Russian doctor falling out of a window or something: There’s defense and there’s defenestration.
minus-squareAndrasKrigare@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoSee also, defenestration trilogy
minus-squareweeeeum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·6 hours agoAnd Russian oligarchs
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoIt’s composed of de- an fenestra, the latter meaning window. So literally de-windowing
Defenestration. Throwing someone out of a window. Example the defenestration of prague
I like to make the joke whenever someone mentions a Russian doctor falling out of a window or something:
There’s defense and there’s defenestration.
See also, defenestration trilogy
And Russian oligarchs
It’s composed of de- an fenestra, the latter meaning window.
So literally de-windowing