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Or defenestrate...

• cryptonector 7mo ago
  A uniquely... English word, that.
  • throw0101a 7mo ago
    It originated in Prague due to two incidents: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestration#Origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestration#Origin * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestrations_of_Prague https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestrations_of_Prague
    • ithkuil 7mo ago
      Also used in Italian and presumably in many other languages. Like with any word, it's use in colloquial form may vary from generation to generation, from subculture to subculture etc
  • QuercusMax 7mo ago
    Not at all. It's just the Latin prefix "de" (out of) plus "fenester" meaning window. Not an English word except by borrowing.
    • cryptonector 7mo ago
      The joke was that [to my then knowledge] it's not used in Romance languages, but it is used in English.
      • QuercusMax 7mo ago
        I believe the term originates with this historical event: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestrations_of_Prague https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestrations_of_Prague And if you believe Wiki, it was used originally in Middle French.
  • dismalaf 7mo ago
    Is it? I know of that word in at least 3 languages.
• edgyquant 7mo ago
  I love that the existence of this word implies being thrown out of a window was so common it required its own word
  • UltraSane 7mo ago
    People used to empty chamber pots by throwing them out the window.