Corroded to [email protected]English • 3 months agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-square288fedilinkarrow-up1345arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1338arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded to [email protected]English • 3 months agomessage-square288fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•3 months agoDefenestration. Throwing someone out of a window. Example the defenestration of prague
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the Westlinkfedilink6•3 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@[email protected]linkfedilink3•3 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