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swampy
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PostPosted: 21:40 - 24 Nov 2011    Post subject: Defenestration Reply with quote
It gives me a nerdy warm glow, that someone long ago took the time to invent a word that means to leave by a window. It wasn't necessary, we could just say ' he jumped out of the window', but defenestration seems so much nicer...

That is all.
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bazza
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PostPosted: 21:54 - 24 Nov 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
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If the English language made any sense, the word "defenestration" would mean "the act of removing a window", and "exfenestration" would take its place.


https://exfenestrate.com/

So there.
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swampy
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PostPosted: 22:10 - 24 Nov 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
bazza wrote:
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If the English language made any sense, the word "defenestration" would mean "the act of removing a window", and "exfenestration" would take its place.


https://exfenestrate.com/

So there.


Ahhh. But it doesn't.


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Ariel Badger
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PostPosted: 22:19 - 24 Nov 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Defenestration has been my favourite word for many years, I love the fact that English has a word for the act.
The Defenestration of Prague is my all time best historical event after the war of Jenkings ear
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PostPosted: 22:32 - 24 Nov 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
I can remember leaving a female nurses hostel early one morning via the window,but I could not recollect the word or words that I used at the time except 'Look out here comes Matron!'
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PostPosted: 23:41 - 24 Nov 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Defenestration is my favourite word!
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PostPosted: 09:52 - 25 Nov 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fenestration in architectural terms means all the openings in an elevation, so to be pedantic 'defenestration' means removing the door openings as well - top word though!
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LustyLew
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PostPosted: 20:52 - 25 Nov 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ha! This word just cropped up on Mastermind! Very Happy
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