http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestrations_of_Prague
Bernard
Quoting Andrew Fildes (6/04/07):
>There are some words so special that they comfort you in your
>declining years. One such is 'defenestration' which means the act of
>throwing something out of a window. That such a specialised word
>could exist is wonderful and I try not to miss any opportunity to use
>it, to roll it off the tongue. My OED does not offer a verb
>'defenestrate' in either an active or passive sense but it seems a
>reasonable step and I have been defenestrated in my youth. It hardly
>hurt at all.
>(From 'fenestra' L. window)
>Andrew Fildes
>afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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