Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-squaremessage-square305fedilinkarrow-up1359arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1354arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square305fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDoxatek@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·2 months agoDefenestration. Throwing someone out of a window. Example the defenestration of prague
minus-squareweeeeum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoAnd Russian oligarchs
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months 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-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoIt’s composed of de- an fenestra, the latter meaning window. So literally de-windowing
minus-squareAndrasKrigare@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoSee also, defenestration trilogy
Defenestration. Throwing someone out of a window. Example the defenestration of prague
And Russian oligarchs
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.
It’s composed of de- an fenestra, the latter meaning window.
So literally de-windowing
See also, defenestration trilogy