Thanks for that - nice to see that it's got a long tradition. Of
course, in my own case I was saved not by a convenient dung heap but
by the totally physical relaxation of the truly drunk and the fact
that the window had been opened first. When you land like a
jellyfish, you don't get hurt as much.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 10/04/2007, at 2:21 AM, Bernard Frangoulis wrote:
> 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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