Defenestration is one of my favourite forms of assassination.
Defenestration n : the act of throwing someone or something out of a window.
Looking up environmetally efficient windows, I’ve stumbled across the existence of the National Fenestration Rating Council. I didn’t know there was a positive form of defenestrate!
Fenestration n : Any opening in a building’s envelope including windows, doors and skylights.
Dictionary.com provides further definitions for defenestration.
n. [mythically from a traditional Czech assasination method, via SF fandom]
- Proper karmic retribution for an incorrigible punster. “Oh, ghod, that was _awful_!” “Quick! Defenestrate him!”
- The act of exiting a window system in order to get better response time from a full-screen program. This comes from the dictionary meaning of `defenestrate’, which is to throw something out a window.
- The act of discarding something under the assumption that it will improve matters. “I don’t have any disk space left.” “Well, why don’t you defenestrate that 100 megs worth of old core dumps?”
- Under a GUI, the act of dragging something out of a window (onto the screen). “Next, defenestrate the MugWump icon.”
- The act of completely removing Micro$oft Windows from a PC in favor of a better OS (typically Linux).
I am most humoured.
P.S. Today is my birthday. I had a lovely birthday picnic yesterday. My mum catered and my friends entertained me. I felt so loved.