Hah! i love this - you might be interested to know i published a chapbook some years ago called "Fenestration"
onvoid, john Dr. John M. Bennett Curator, Avant Writing Collection Rare Books & Manuscripts Library The Ohio State University Libraries 1858 Neil Av Mall Columbus, OH 43210 USA (614) 292-3029 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.johnmbennett.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Allan Revich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, April 2, 2006 2:03 pm Subject: RE: FLUXLIST: Fw: defenestrate: Dictionary.com Word of the Day > 2:00 PM EST: > > Threw a crumpled drawing of Don Quixote out the window. > > http://www.digitalsalon.com/revich/defenestration.jpg > > > Allan Revich > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of suse > Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 12:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: FLUXLIST: Fw: defenestrate: Dictionary.com Word of the Day > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doctor Dictionary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "suse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 4:00 AM > Subject: defenestrate: Dictionary.com Word of the Day > > *************** > > 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 > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - > > > > CleverKeys, noun: Free software providing instant access to > > Dictionary.com from any program. See: http://tinyurl.com/3538s > > > > > > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ > > > > You are currently subscribed to Dictionary.com Word of the Day > as: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To subscribe to the list by email, send a blank message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To unsubscribe via email, send a blank message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subscriptions can be turned on and off from the Web at > > http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/list/ > > > > Dictionary.com Word of the Day > > http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/ > > (C) 2006 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. > > 65 Pine Ave, #319 Long Beach, CA 90802 > > > > > >
