Corroded to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 6 months agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-square304fedilinkarrow-up1358arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1353arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square304fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Doxatek@mander.xyzlinkfedilink16•6 months agoDefenestration. Throwing someone out of a window. Example the defenestration of prague
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the Westlinkfedilink6•6 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-square@Akasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilink4•6 months 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
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