Hmmmmmm. Looking for the best thing to defenestrate from my bathroom window (there's still a hole in the screen that I cut in there when the baby bird I rescued got old enough to come and go last year)...
Oh, there. How about that little stack of affirmations written on many strips of bright colored paper... buh-bye > Word Event > April 2, 2006 > > 1. Throw something out the window > > ************** > > 12:25 > threw a troll-doll out my bedroom window > > > > > > Word of the Day for Sunday April 2, 2006 > > > > defenestrate \dee-FEN-uh-strayt\, transitive > verb: > > To throw out of a window. > > > > Some of his apparent chums . . . would > still happily > > defenestrate him if they caught him near a > window. > > -- Andrew Marr, "No option bar the > radical one," > > [1]Independent, July 5, 1994 > > > > I defenestrated a clock to see if time flies! > > -- Lane Smith, "quoted in Who's News," > [2]Time for Kids, > > September 25, 1998 > > > > A woman, driven to fury by the manner in > which her lover > > prefers to lavish his attention on a > match on the telly > > rather than her, starts to throw his > possessions out of the > > window. He's finally moved to stop her > when she tries to > > defenestrate his new Puma boots. > > -- Jim White, "Budgets substantial enough > to buy most of > > the clubs in the Endsleigh," [3]Independent, > April 6, 1996 > > > _________________________________________________________ > > > > Defenestrate is derived from Latin de-, "out > of" + fenestra, > > "window." The noun form is defenestration. > > > > References > > > > 1. http://www.independent.co.uk/www/ > > 2. http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/ > > 3. http://www.independent.co.uk/www/ > > > > Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation > > > > > http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=9&q=defenestrate > > > > Note: Audio pronunciation available only to > Premium members. > > To learn more about the benefits of Premium > membership, > > visit our site: > http://dictionary.reference.com/premium/?r=9 > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - - - - - - - - - > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
